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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.

John Lewis

The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
JOHN LEWIS

Racism Scars Society Stain
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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Action Creation Freedom Generation Society
Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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Act Change Freedom Future One Liner State
People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
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Democracy Door Organize Participate People Process
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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Despair Faith Give Up Lost Progress Push Sea Work Hard
Sensible people have got to work together.
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One Liner People Sensible Togetherness Work
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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Fall In Love Freedom Individual Love Person Race
We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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Community Country Family Unity
Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.
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Bird Civil Faith Movement Prayer Rights Wings
We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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Brother Continue People Sister Togetherness Unity
I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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Precious Time Vote
Give us a vote! Let us vote! We came here to do our job. We came here to work.
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Job Racism Vote Work
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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Come Hope Injustice Mobilize Need People Speak Time Togetherness Unity
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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Build Conscience Country Soul
Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves until we end hatred and division.
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Division Happiness Hatred Home Ourselves Peace
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!
JOHN LEWIS

Believe College Prize School Teacher University

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