I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
JOHN LEWISI met Rosa Parks when I was 17. I met Dr. [Martin Luther] King when I was 18. These two individuals inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble. So I got in good trouble, necessary trouble.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
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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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I met Rosa Parks when I was 17. I met Dr. [Martin Luther] King when I was 18. These two individuals inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble. So I got in good trouble, necessary trouble.
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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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Every single vote is precious.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
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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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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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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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To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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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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