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.
JOHN LEWISIt’s a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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I believe that teachers – whether in elementary schools, at the secondary level, or at colleges and universities – every teacher deserves the Nobel Peace Prize just for maintaining order in our schools!
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I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
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In spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I’m very hopeful, very optimistic about the future.
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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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When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.
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When 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.
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Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we’ve come and the progress we’ve made.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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Sensible people have got to work together.
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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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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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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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