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" If it hadn't been for that march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday, there would be no Barack Obama as President of the United States of America. "

John Lewis

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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. "

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" Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back. "

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Never

" 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. "

" I always felt growing up that in the South there was evil but also good - so much good. "

" I couldn't say no to A. Philip Randolph and no to Martin Luther King, Jr. These two men, I loved them, I admired them, and they were my heroes. "

" It was not enough to come and listen to a great sermon or message every Sunday morning and be confined to those four walls and those four corners. You had to get out and do something. "

" Obama is not an African American president, but a president of all Americans. It doesn't matter if you are black, white, Hispanic, he's the president of all races. "

" MLK, Jr. taught me how to say no to segregation, and I can hear him saying now... when you straighten up your back, no man can ride you. He said stand up straight and say no to racial discrimination. "

John Lewis

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Man

" When you make mistakes, when you're wrong, you should admit you're wrong and ask people to forgive you. "

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

John Lewis

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Vote

" If you ask me whether the election of Barack Obama is the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream, I say, 'No, it's just a down payment.' "

" Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote. "

" Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we've come and the progress we've made. "

" You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward. "

" You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people. "

" I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind. "

" We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters. "

" I grew up in rural Alabama, 50 miles from Montgomery, in a very loving, wonderful family: wonderful mother, wonderful father. We attended church; we went to Sunday school every Sunday. "

" The documented incidences of voter fraud are very rare, yet throughout the country, forces have mobilized in over 30 states to stop it. These efforts are very partisan. "

" 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. "

" I wanted young people to know that I was just a typical child. "

" When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn't like it. "

" Customs, traditions, laws should be flexible, within good reason, if that is what it takes to make our democracy work. "

" We need someone who is going to stand up, speak up, and speak out for the people who need help, for the people who have been discriminated against. "

" My mother and father and many of my relatives had been sharecroppers. "

" There's nothing wrong with a little agitation for what's right or what's fair. "

" I really believe that all of us, as Americans... we all need to be treated like fellow human beings. "