Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
JOHN LEWISPeople should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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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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If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
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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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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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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
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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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To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.
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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?
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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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We never gave up. We didn’t get lost in a sea of despair. We kept the faith. We kept pushing and pulling. We kept marching. And we made some progress.
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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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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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