Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
JOHN LEWIS
Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
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It is my hope that people today will see that, in another time, in another period, when we saw the need for people to speak up, to organize, to mobilize, and to do something about injustice, we came together.
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
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When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
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I believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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By the force of our demands, our determination, and our numbers, we shall splinter the segregated South into a thousand pieces and put them together in the image of God and democracy
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I say to people today, ‘You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.
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You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.
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We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.
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Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.
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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.
JOHN LEWIS