To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
JOHN LEWISThe reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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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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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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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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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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Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It’s all going to work out.
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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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In spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I’m very hopeful, very optimistic about the future.
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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 have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
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Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
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People will never, ever forget what happened and how it happened, and it is my hope that we are on our way to greater change.
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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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