Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
JOHN LEWISFreedom is not a state; it is an act.
More John Lewis Quotes
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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
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There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
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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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Every single vote is precious.
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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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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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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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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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To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.
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