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 LEWISWe are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
More John Lewis Quotes
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You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
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You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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Every single vote is precious.
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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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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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We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
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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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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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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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Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
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