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John Lewis

To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.
JOHN LEWIS

Democracy Difficult Hard Impossible People Process Vote
Don’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
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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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Fall In Love Freedom Individual Love Person Race
People must understand that people were beaten, arrested, jailed, and some people were murdered, while attempting to register to vote, or to get others to register to vote.
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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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Existence Justice One Liner Peace Serve
Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
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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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Civil Credit Dirty Movement Receive Rights Unbelievable Women Work Hard
A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.
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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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It’s a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.
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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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Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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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.
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Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
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Every single vote is precious.
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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.

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