We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
JOHN LEWISWe are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
More John Lewis Quotes
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We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
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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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You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it.
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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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Sensible people have got to work together.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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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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I believe that teachers – whether in elementary schools, at the secondary level, or at colleges and universities – every teacher deserves the Nobel Peace Prize just for maintaining order in our schools!
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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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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
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There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
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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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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.
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