You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
JOHN LEWISIf you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
More John Lewis Quotes
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To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.
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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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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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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
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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 cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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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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We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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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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