Hate is too big a burden to bear.
JOHN LEWIS
People 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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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It’s all going to work out.
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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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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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If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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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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You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.
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You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
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I met Rosa Parks when I was 17. I met Dr. [Martin Luther] King when I was 18. These two individuals inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble. So I got in good trouble, necessary trouble.
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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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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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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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You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.
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