I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
JOHN LEWISWe must be headlights and not taillights.
More John Lewis Quotes
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If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
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You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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We never gave up. We didn’t get lost in a sea of despair. We kept the faith. We kept pushing and pulling. We kept marching. And we made some progress.
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People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
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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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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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