Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America. It’s not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is the struggle of a lifetime, more than one lifetime.
JOHN LEWISYou have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves until we end hatred and division.
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If you’re not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if your consistent, you will succeed.
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I met Rosa Parks when I was 17. I met Dr. [Martin Luther] King when I was 18. These two individuals inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble. So I got in good trouble, necessary trouble.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
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I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.
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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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Non violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
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If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.
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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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People must understand that people were beaten, arrested, jailed, and some people were murdered, while attempting to register to vote, or to get others to register to vote.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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Every single vote is precious.
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I don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
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If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
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I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.
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People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
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You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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Music is a universal language.
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