There’s nothing wrong with a little agitation for what’s right or what’s fair.
JOHN LEWISRioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
More John Lewis Quotes
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You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
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Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
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Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
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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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We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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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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I would say to a young person: continue to study. Study what is taking place in your community, in your neighborhood, maybe at your school.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.
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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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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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We cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient.
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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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If you’re not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if your consistent, you will succeed.
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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
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