We need someone who will stand up and speak up and speak out for the people who need help, for people who are being discriminated against.
JOHN LEWISWithout our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to 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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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
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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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I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
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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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You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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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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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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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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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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When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.
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