Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
JOHN LEWISTo divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
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Music is a universal language.
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Every single vote is precious.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.
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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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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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Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
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We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.
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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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