I don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
JOHN LEWIS
In 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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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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You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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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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Music is a universal language.
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Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.
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Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
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The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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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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I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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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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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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