You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
JOHN LEWISOur 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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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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When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.
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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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You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
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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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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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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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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.
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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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A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.
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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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I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
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Music is a universal language.
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