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John Lewis

Give us a vote! Let us vote! We came here to do our job. We came here to work.
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Job Racism Vote Work
You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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Feeling Gut Justice
There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.
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Civil Contribution Deal Movement Rights Story Women Women Empowerment
Don’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
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Business Faith Give Up Motivational Sports
Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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Black Lives Matter Happiness Justice Process
I say to people today, ‘You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.
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Believe Individual Live People Preparation
Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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Fury Pretty Quick
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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Justice People Truth Uncomfortable
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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Democracy Difficult Hard Impossible People Process Vote
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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Brave Capacity Forgiveness Inspirational Let Go Move On People
I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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Precious Time Vote
You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Justice Move On Optimism
The vote controls everything that you do.
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Control Government One Liner Vote
Races don’t fall in love, genders don’t fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love.
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Fall In Love Freedom Individual Love Person Race
A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.
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Democracy Government Justice Power
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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Justice Moral Obligation Right

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