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" The vote controls everything that you do. "
John Lewis
Controls
Vote
You
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" We are one people with one family. We all live in the same house... and through books, through information, we must find a way to say to people that we must lay down the burden of hate. For hate is too heavy a burden to bear. "
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" Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings. "
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" I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in. "
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" You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way... to get in the way. "
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" The action of Rosa Parks, the words and leadership of Dr. King inspired me. I was deeply inspired. I wanted to do something. "
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" 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. "
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" It's a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process. "
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" When I was 15 years old and in the tenth grade, I heard of Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years later, when I was 18, I met Dr. King and we became friends. Two years after that I became very involved in the civil rights movement. I was in college at that time. As I got more and more involved, I saw politics as a means of bringing about change. "
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King
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" Dr. King was one of the most inspiring human beings I ever met. He was such a warm, compassionate, and loving human being. "
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" We need someone who will stand up and speak up and speak out for the people who need help, for people who are being discriminated against. And it doesn't matter whether they are black or white, Latino, Asian or Native American, whether they are straight or gay, Muslim, Christian, or Jews. "
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People
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" When I was 15 years old in 1955, I heard of Rosa Parks. I heard the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. on our radio. "
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" Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I'm on today. "
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Book
King
Path
" 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. "
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Loved
Heroes
Two
" 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. "
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You
Sunday
Morning
" We're one people, and we all live in the same house. Not the American house, but the world house. "
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American
House
" It's not just Barack Obama, but I doubt Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton would have made it to the White House without Selma. "
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Just
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" We are tired of being beaten by policemen. We are tired of seeing our people locked up in jails over and over again. And then you holler, 'Be patient.' How long can we be patient? "
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People
You
" I really believe that all of us, as Americans... we all need to be treated like fellow human beings. "
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Really
Need
Believe
" 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. "
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Men
Waiting
Growing Up
" 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. "
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People
Stand
Stand Up
" The civil rights movement was based on faith. Many of us who were participants in this movement saw our involvement as an extension of our faith. We saw ourselves doing the work of the Almighty. Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something. "
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Doing
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" My parents told me in the very beginning as a young child when I raised the question about segregation and racial discrimination, they told me not to get in the way, not to get in trouble, not to make any noise. "
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Child
Trouble
" We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters. "
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Continue
Brothers
" My mother and father and many of my relatives had been sharecroppers. "
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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. "
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Life
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" We are one people; we are only family. And when we finally accept these truths, then we will be able to fulfill Dr. King's dream to build a beloved community, a nation, and a world at peace with itself. "
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" I do not agree with what Mr. Snowden did. He has damaged American international relations and compromised our national security. He leaked classified information and may have jeopardized human lives. That must be condemned. "
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Information
" Be hopeful. Be optimistic. Never lose that sense of hope. "
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