We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
JOHN LEWISYou cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Every single vote is precious.
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We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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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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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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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.
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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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Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
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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 tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
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To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.
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You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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Music is a universal language.
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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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