You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.
JOHN LEWISI 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.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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 must be headlights and not taillights.
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Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves until we end hatred and division.
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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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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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I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
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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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You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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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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Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
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We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.
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Non violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
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I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.
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