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Races don’t fall in love, genders don’t fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love.
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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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Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
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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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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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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 be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.
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Sensible people have got to work together.
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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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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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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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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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Music is a universal language.
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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.
JOHN LEWIS

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Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
JOHN LEWIS

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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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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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The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
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Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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