There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
JOHN LEWISComics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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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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Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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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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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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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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Every single vote is precious.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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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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You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.
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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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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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Sensible people have got to work together.
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