Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.
JOHN LEWISTo make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Don’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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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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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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Races don’t fall in love, genders don’t fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
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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 are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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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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Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
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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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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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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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