You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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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Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.
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Non violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
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You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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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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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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We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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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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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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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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