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.
JOHN LEWISYou have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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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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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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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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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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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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You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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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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Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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