To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
JOHN LEWISPeace cannot exist where justice is not served.
More John Lewis Quotes
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America. It’s not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is the struggle of a lifetime, more than one lifetime.
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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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It is my hope that people today will see that, in another time, in another period, when we saw the need for people to speak up, to organize, to mobilize, and to do something about injustice, we came together.
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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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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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Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It’s all going to work out.
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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 do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
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There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
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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 have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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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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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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A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.
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