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.
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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Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
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When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it.
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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 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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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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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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We never gave up. We didn’t get lost in a sea of despair. We kept the faith. We kept pushing and pulling. We kept marching. And we made some progress.
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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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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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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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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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Sensible people have got to work together.
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A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.
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Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
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There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.
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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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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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I don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
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I would say to a young person: continue to study. Study what is taking place in your community, in your neighborhood, maybe at your school.
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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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