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.
JOHN LEWISWe must be headlights and not taillights.
More John Lewis Quotes
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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America. It’s not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is the struggle of a lifetime, more than one lifetime.
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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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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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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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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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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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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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