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John Lewis

Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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Comix Music Sense Style
The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
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Racism Scars Society Stain
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
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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Average Extraordinary Gift Grow Up Poor
Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.
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Action Creation Freedom Generation Society
People must understand that people were beaten, arrested, jailed, and some people were murdered, while attempting to register to vote, or to get others to register to vote.
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Arrest Attempt Murder People Register Undersstand Vote
If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.
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Justice Moral Obligation Right
Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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Faith Inspirational Success
We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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Choose Inspirational Time
Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves until we end hatred and division.
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Division Happiness Hatred Home Ourselves Peace
Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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Act Change Freedom Future One Liner State
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
Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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Act Civil Movement Obey Riot
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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Justice People Truth Uncomfortable
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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Cry Distance Emotional Feeling Happiness Progress
The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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Lesson Non Violence One Liner Universal

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