If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
JOHN LEWISA democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.
More John Lewis Quotes
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We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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By the force of our demands, our determination, and our numbers, we shall splinter the segregated South into a thousand pieces and put them together in the image of God and democracy
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You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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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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Sensible people have got to work together.
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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
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I believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful.
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Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble – good trouble, necessary trouble.
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We need someone who will stand up and speak up and speak out for the people who need help, for people who are being discriminated against.
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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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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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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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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
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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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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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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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Even in the civil rights movement, there were so many unbelievable women. They never, ever received the credit that they should have received. They did all of the, and I cannot say it, they did all of the dirty work. Hard work.
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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.
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