We must be headlights and not taillights. - John Lewis

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You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right. - John Lewis

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Sometimes I hear people saying, 'Nothing has changed.' Come and walk in my shoes. - 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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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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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 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's nothing wrong with a little agitation for what's right or what's fair. - John Lewis

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The vote is precious. It's almost sacred, so go out and vote like you never voted before. - John Lewis

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I don't understand it, how President Johnson can send troops to Vietnam and cannot send troops to Selma, Alabama, to protect people whose only desire is to register to vote. - John Lewis

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