Tag: 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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You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
John Lewis
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People come up to me in airports, they walk into the office, and they say, ‘I’m going to cry; I’m going to pass out.’ And I say, ‘Please don’t pass out; I’m not a doctor.’
John Lewis
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What ‘March’ is saying is that it doesn’t matter whether we are black or white, Latino or Asian. It doesn’t matter whether we are straight or gay.
John Lewis
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process.
John Lewis
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Without the Sisters of St. Joseph, I might not be standing here.
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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I don’t think Trump really believes in all this stuff. But he thinks this would be his ticket to the White House – at least to get the Republican nomination.
John Lewis
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I would say the country is a different country. It is a better country. The signs I saw when I was growing up are gone and they will not return. In many ways the walls of segregation have been torn down.
John Lewis
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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
John Lewis