To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
JOHN LEWISPeople must understand that people were beaten, arrested, jailed, and some people were murdered, while attempting to register to vote, or to get others to register to vote.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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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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Sensible people have got to work together.
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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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We need someone who will stand up and speak up and speak out for the people who need help, for people who are being discriminated against.
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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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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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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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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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Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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