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

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Confidence is the stain they can't wipe off.

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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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Sometimes I hear people saying, 'Nothing has changed.' Come and walk in my shoes. - John Lewis

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We must be headlights and not taillights. - 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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