We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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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Sensible people have got to work together.
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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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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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Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we’ve come and the progress we’ve made.
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Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime.
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Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
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When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it.
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Every single 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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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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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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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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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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