There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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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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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You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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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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You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
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It’s a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.
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We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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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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The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
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We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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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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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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Even in the civil rights movement, there were so many unbelievable women. They never, ever received the credit that they should have received. They did all of the, and I cannot say it, they did all of the dirty work. Hard work.
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