Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
JOHN LEWISPeace cannot exist where justice is not served.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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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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Races don’t fall in love, genders don’t fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love.
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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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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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The vote controls everything that you do.
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Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime.
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I 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.
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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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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
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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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