If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.
JOHN LEWISThe reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
More John Lewis Quotes
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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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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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Every single vote is precious.
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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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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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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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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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Sensible people have got to work together.
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We need someone who will stand up and speak up and speak out for the people who need help, for people who are being discriminated against.
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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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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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