We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
JOHN LEWISI say from time to time that the vote is precious.
More John Lewis Quotes
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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.
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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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I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
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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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Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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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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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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Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.
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I say to people today, ‘You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.
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It is my hope that people today will see that, in another time, in another period, when we saw the need for people to speak up, to organize, to mobilize, and to do something about injustice, we came together.
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Sensible people have got to work together.
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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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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It’s all going to work out.
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