To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
JOHN LEWISWhen 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.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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Every single vote is precious.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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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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If you’re not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if your consistent, you will succeed.
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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 would say to a young person: continue to study. Study what is taking place in your community, in your neighborhood, maybe at your school.
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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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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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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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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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