We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
JOHN LEWISRioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
More John Lewis Quotes
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We need someone who will stand up and speak up and speak out for the people who need help, for people who are being discriminated against.
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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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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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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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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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People must understand that people were beaten, arrested, jailed, and some people were murdered, while attempting to register to vote, or to get others to register to vote.
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Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
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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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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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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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I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.
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Sensible people have got to work together.
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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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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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We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
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