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.
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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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
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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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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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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 must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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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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Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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We need someone who will stand up and speak up and speak out for the people who need help, for people who are being discriminated against.
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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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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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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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When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
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To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
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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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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.
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I believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful.
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If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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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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Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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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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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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