Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
JOHN LEWISWe all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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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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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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You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Give us a vote! Let us vote! We came here to do our job. We came here to work.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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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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The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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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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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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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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I would say to a young person: continue to study. Study what is taking place in your community, in your neighborhood, maybe at your school.
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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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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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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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You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
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I believe that teachers – whether in elementary schools, at the secondary level, or at colleges and universities – every teacher deserves the Nobel Peace Prize just for maintaining order in our schools!
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Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?
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I don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
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Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It’s all going to work out.
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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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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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We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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