I would say to a young person: continue to study. Study what is taking place in your community, in your neighborhood, maybe at your school.
JOHN LEWISEvery generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?
More John Lewis Quotes
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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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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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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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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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We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.
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Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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Music is a universal language.
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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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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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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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