It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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Every single vote is precious.
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Give us a vote! Let us vote! We came here to do our job. We came here to work.
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Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we’ve come and the progress we’ve made.
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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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Don’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
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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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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.
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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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Even in the civil rights movement, there were so many unbelievable women. They never, ever received the credit that they should have received. They did all of the, and I cannot say it, they did all of the dirty work. Hard work.
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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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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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