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We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!

John Lewis

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
JOHN LEWIS

Demand Democracy Determination Force God Number Togetherness
Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
JOHN LEWIS

Faith Justice Racism
Non violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
JOHN LEWIS

Life Live Non Violence Tactics Technique
In spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I’m very hopeful, very optimistic about the future.
JOHN LEWIS

Comfortable Future Hope Issue Optimism Spite
You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
JOHN LEWIS

Justice People Truth Uncomfortable
You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
JOHN LEWIS

Believe Consistence Hard Justice Motivational Success
Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
JOHN LEWIS

Believe Black Lives Matter Difference
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.
JOHN LEWIS

Country Lifetime Soul Struggle
You cannot give up – you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.
JOHN LEWIS

Give Up Motivational Persistence Press Push
Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
JOHN LEWIS

Hope Lose One Liner Optimism
Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
JOHN LEWIS

Path Teaching
If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
JOHN LEWIS

Community Impossible Possible Sense Team Work Togetherness Unity
There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.
JOHN LEWIS

Civil Contribution Deal Movement Rights Story Women Women Empowerment
You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.
JOHN LEWIS

Afraid Believe Courage Speak
Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
JOHN LEWIS

Comix Music Sense Style
You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
JOHN LEWIS

Justice Move On Optimism

We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!

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