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John Lewis

Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime.
JOHN LEWIS

Lifetime Struggle
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
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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Democracy Instrument Non Violence Powerful Society Tool Vote
I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
JOHN LEWIS

Country Hope Optimism Thinking Try
I say to people today, ‘You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.
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Believe Individual Live People Preparation
I don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
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Average Extraordinary Gift Grow Up Poor
Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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Path Teaching
A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.
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Democracy Government Justice Power
You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.
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Brave Capacity Forgiveness Inspirational Let Go Move On People
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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Civil Contribution Deal Movement Rights Story Women Women Empowerment
When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
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Change People Shoes Show Struggle Walk
It’s a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.
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Disgarce People Politics Process Shame
Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we’ve come and the progress we’ve made.
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Cry Distance Emotional Feeling Happiness Progress
We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
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Sensible people have got to work together.
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One Liner People Sensible Togetherness Work
Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
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Book Comic Reading
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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Community Impossible Possible Sense Team Work Togetherness Unity
Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America. It’s not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is the struggle of a lifetime, more than one lifetime.
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Country Lifetime Soul Struggle
Music is a universal language.
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Language Music One Liner Universal
You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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Bold Brave Courage Finding Justice
Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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Faith Inspirational Success
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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Justice Moral Obligation Right
Every single vote is precious.
JOHN LEWIS

One Liner Precious Vote
We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
JOHN LEWIS

Call Equality Justice Work
When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.
JOHN LEWIS

Admit Forgiveness Mistake People Wrong
Non violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
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Life Live Non Violence Tactics Technique
We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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