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I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
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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
Troy
Alabama
John Robert Lewis
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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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But you have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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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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Medgar Evers was assassinated in his driveway retuning from an NAACP meeting in downtown Jackson. And then you go back there years later, and the blood is still on the driveway. They cannot wash it away.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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[Donald Trump] is not going to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
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I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.
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President-elect [Donald] Trump won 30 of 50 states, more counties since Ronald Reagan.
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The last thing we want is a monolithic viewpoint where six people are standing before a president saying the same thing over and over again.
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This man [ Donald Trump] won in an electoral landslide.
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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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Ornette Coleman is doing the only really new thing in jazz since the innovations in the mid-forties of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and those of Thelonious Monk
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Today, all across this country there are going to be rallies led by Democrats and others to fight against the devastating impact of repeal of the Affordable Care Act. 20 million people thrown off of health insurance, prescription drug prices raising for seniors, privatization of Medicare: devastation. And we've got to fight back against that.
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I think putting the United States down across the world is not something that a responsible person does.
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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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This book [March], in my estimation, is a road map. It is a change agent. It is saying to people, This is a way.
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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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Right now what my job is, and I think the job of Democrats and Republicans, is to protect the middle class and working families of this country from some devastating ideas that [Donald] Trump has proposed.
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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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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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