I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
JOHN LEWISThe scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
More John Lewis Quotes
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We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.
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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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It is my hope that people today will see that, in another time, in another period, when we saw the need for people to speak up, to organize, to mobilize, and to do something about injustice, we came together.
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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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Non violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
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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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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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We never gave up. We didn’t get lost in a sea of despair. We kept the faith. We kept pushing and pulling. We kept marching. And we made some progress.
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Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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The vote controls everything that you do.
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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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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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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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You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
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