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.
JOHN LEWISIn spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I’m very hopeful, very optimistic about the future.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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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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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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There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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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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To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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By the force of our demands, our determination, and our numbers, we shall splinter the segregated South into a thousand pieces and put them together in the image of God and democracy
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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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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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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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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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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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