There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
JOHN LEWISYou have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
More John Lewis Quotes
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To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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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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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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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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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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People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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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 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 growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it.
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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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