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John Lewis

Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble – good trouble, necessary trouble.
JOHN LEWIS

Necessary Trouble
Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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Existence Justice One Liner Peace Serve
You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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Give Up Motivational Persistence Press Push
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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Build Conscience Country Soul
I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
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Believe Civil Generation Movement Obligation Rights Story
The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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Lesson Non Violence One Liner Universal
We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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Black Lives Matter Creative Cry People Racism
We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.
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Care Health Privilege Right Stand
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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Fall In Love Freedom Individual Love Person Race
There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
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Action Movement Need Non Violence
Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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Non Violence Principle
I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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Precious Time Vote
There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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Active Justice Right
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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Believe College Prize School Teacher University
Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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Black Lives Matter Happiness Justice Process
Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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Path Teaching
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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Black Lives Matter Courage Justice Racism Wind Work
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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Demand Democracy Determination Force God Number Togetherness
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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Comfortable Future Hope Issue Optimism Spite
You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Hope Inspiratioanl Optimism
Our 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.
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Country Lifetime Soul Struggle
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.
JOHN LEWIS

Believe Freedom Hate Obligation Racism Speech
I say to people today, ‘You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.
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Believe Individual Live People Preparation
You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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Feeling Gut Justice
Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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Faith Inspirational Success
I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.
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Against Dare Life Sail Thinking Wind
Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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Fury Pretty Quick

The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.

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