Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.
JOHN LEWISFreedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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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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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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When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
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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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By the force of our demands, our determination, and our numbers, we shall splinter the segregated South into a thousand pieces and put them together in the image of God and democracy
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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
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You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.
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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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I believe that teachers – whether in elementary schools, at the secondary level, or at colleges and universities – every teacher deserves the Nobel Peace Prize just for maintaining order in our schools!
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
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Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.
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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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