When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.
JOHN LEWISThe scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
More John Lewis Quotes
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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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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?
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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
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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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Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.
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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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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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The vote controls everything that you do.
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Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
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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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You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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