Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
JOHN LEWISIf 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.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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 go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.
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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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Non violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
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I believe that teachers – whether in elementary schools, at the secondary level, or at colleges and universities – every teacher deserves the Nobel Peace Prize just for maintaining order in our schools!
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We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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Every single vote is precious.
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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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Give us a vote! Let us vote! We came here to do our job. We came here to work.
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People will never, ever forget what happened and how it happened, and it is my hope that we are on our way to greater change.
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I would say to a young person: continue to study. Study what is taking place in your community, in your neighborhood, maybe at your school.
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