Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
JOHN LEWISYou cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
More John Lewis Quotes
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The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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Non violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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Every single vote is precious.
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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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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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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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Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.
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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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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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Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
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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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When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.
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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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