The vote controls everything that you do.
JOHN LEWIS
You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
More John Lewis Quotes
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.
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You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.
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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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You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.
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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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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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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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I would say to a young person: continue to study. Study what is taking place in your community, in your neighborhood, maybe at your school.
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If you’re not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if your consistent, you will succeed.
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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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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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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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You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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