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I believe race is too heavy a burden to carry into the 21st century. It's time to lay it down. We all came here in different ships, but now we're all in the same boat. - John Lewis
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John Lewis
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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Committed
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When you make mistakes, when you're wrong, you should admit you're wrong and ask people to forgive you. - John Lewis
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Mistakes
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Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we've come and the progress we've made. - John Lewis
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Distance
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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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Vietnam
Understand
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I studied the philosophy and the discipline of non-violence in Nashville as a student. And I staged a sitting-in in the fall of 1959 and got arrested the first time in February 1960. - John Lewis
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February
Discipline
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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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Something
Home
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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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Right
Agitation
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The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the American society. - John Lewis
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Embedded
Stains
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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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Political
Disgrace
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When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something. - John Lewis
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Something
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What I try to tell young people is that if you come together with a mission, and its grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible. - John Lewis
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People
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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way... to get in the way. - John Lewis
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Courageous
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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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Sacred
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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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Something
Same
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Sometimes I hear people saying, 'Nothing has changed.' Come and walk in my shoes. - John Lewis
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People
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Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves, until we end hatred and division. - John Lewis
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Ourselves
Happy
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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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Optimistic
Look
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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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Religious
Progress
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We must be headlights and not taillights. - John Lewis
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Taillights
Headlights
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