We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
JOHN LEWISI believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful.
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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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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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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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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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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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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
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Every single vote is precious.
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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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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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Music is a universal language.
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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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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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