They talked about how it was our rights as human beings to register and vote. I never knew we could vote before. Nobody ever told us. - Fannie Lou Hamer

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The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the American society. - John Lewis

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Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.

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We all live in the same house, we all must be part of the effort to hold down our little house. When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just... do something about it. Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It's all going to work out. - John Lewis

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Before we went on any protest, whether it was sit-ins or the freedom rides or any march, we prepared ourselves, and we were disciplined. We were committed to the way of peace - the way of non-violence - the way of love - the way of life as the way of living. - John Lewis

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There are still forces in America that want to divide us along racial lines, religious lines, sex, class. But we've come too far; we've made too much progress to stop or to pull back. We must go forward. And I believe we will get there. - John Lewis

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Before me things created were none, save things Eternal, and eternal I endure. All hope abandon, ye who enter here. — Dante Alighieri

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If you're not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you're consistent, you will succeed. - John Lewis

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We must be headlights and not taillights. - John Lewis

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It's a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process. - John Lewis

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