Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
JOHN LEWISI don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Even in the civil rights movement, there were so many unbelievable women. They never, ever received the credit that they should have received. They did all of the, and I cannot say it, they did all of the dirty work. Hard work.
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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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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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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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It’s a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.
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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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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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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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Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
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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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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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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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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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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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I 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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We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
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Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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