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.
JOHN LEWISOur struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.
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Every single vote is precious.
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You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble – good trouble, necessary trouble.
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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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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
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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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Sensible people have got to work together.
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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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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.
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Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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