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.
JOHN LEWISI believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
More John Lewis Quotes
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When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it.
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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.
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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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Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
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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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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.
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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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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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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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