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.
JOHN LEWISI 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.
More John Lewis Quotes
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The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime.
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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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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
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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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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
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It’s a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.
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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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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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When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.
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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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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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When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.
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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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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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