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John Lewis

Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
JOHN LEWIS

Blood Democracy Participate Process
You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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Give Up Motivational Persistence Press Push
Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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Comix Music Sense Style
We never gave up. We didn’t get lost in a sea of despair. We kept the faith. We kept pushing and pulling. We kept marching. And we made some progress.
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Despair Faith Give Up Lost Progress Push Sea Work Hard
Sensible people have got to work together.
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One Liner People Sensible Togetherness Work
You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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Government Home Vote Wrong
People must understand that people were beaten, arrested, jailed, and some people were murdered, while attempting to register to vote, or to get others to register to vote.
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Arrest Attempt Murder People Register Undersstand Vote
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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Arrive Believe Country Model Right True World
You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Justice Move On Optimism
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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Believe Consistence Give Up Hope Optimism Success
If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.
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Justice Moral Obligation Right
The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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Accomodation Duty Government Reason State
Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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Act Change Freedom Future One Liner State
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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Come Hope Injustice Mobilize Need People Speak Time Togetherness Unity
You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
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Believe Consistence Hard Justice Motivational Success
You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Hope Inspiratioanl Optimism

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