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 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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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
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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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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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Sensible people have got to work together.
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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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You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
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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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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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Every single vote is precious.
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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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