I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
JOHN LEWISI believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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.
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I say to people today, ‘You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.
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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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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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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.
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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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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
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You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Every single vote is precious.
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I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime.
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