You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
JOHN LEWISCreate a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
More John Lewis Quotes
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When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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It is my hope that people today will see that, in another time, in another period, when we saw the need for people to speak up, to organize, to mobilize, and to do something about injustice, we came together.
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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.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.
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When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.
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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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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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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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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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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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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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To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
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