Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we’ve come and the progress we’ve made.
JOHN LEWISWe all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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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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It’s a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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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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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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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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Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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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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Every single vote is precious.
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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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When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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