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John Lewis
Age: 80 †
Born: 1940
Born: February 21
Died: 2020
Died: July 17
Chairperson
Human Rights Activist
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U.S. Representative
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Alabama
John Robert Lewis
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The events in Prague, together with the Berlin blockade, convinced the European recipients of American economic assistance that they needed military protection as well: that led them to request the creation of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which committed the United States for the first time ever to the peacetime defense of Western Europe.
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I heard Dr. King speaking on the radio, and it seemed like he was saying, John Robert Lewis, you too can make a contribution. You can get involved!
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Don`t give up! Don`t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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I believe that teachers - whether in elementary schools, at the secondary level, or at colleges and universities - every teacher deserves the Nobel Peace Prize just for maintaining order in our schools!
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This man [ Donald Trump] won in an electoral landslide.
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Races don't fall in love, genders don't fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love.
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We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.
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To question the legitimacy of the next United States president, you know, and you're worried about a tweet that says, hey, why don't you get back to work instead of questioning my legitimacy? Too bad.
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I've said it in the past and I'll say it again today: the vote is precious it's almost sacred.
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When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
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The lessons of nonviolence are universal. Not just for America.
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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I think that [James] Comey acted in an outrageous way during the [presidential ] campaign [in 2016].
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We all remember that [Donald] Trump was one of the leaders of the so-called birther movement trying to delegitimize the presidency of our first African-American president Barack Obama, which is an outrage.
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It is my hope that people today will see that, in another time, in another period, when we saw the need for people to speak up, to organize, to mobilize, and to do something about injustice, we came together.
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People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors. They may not be old enough to register to vote, but they can urge their teachers, their parents, their grandparents, their mothers, their fathers, and others to get out and vote.
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Donald Trump has made it clear that certainly over the last few years that President [Barack] Obama was born in Hawaii.
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[Donald Trump] is not going to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
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I think [James Comey] should take a hard look at what he has done. And I think it would not be a bad thing for the American people if he did step down.
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