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I think putting the United States down across the world is not something that a responsible person does.

John Lewis

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John Lewis
Age: 80 †
Born: 1940
Born: February 21
Died: 2020
Died: July 17
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John Robert Lewis
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We have so many issues today that we need to confront. Comprehensive immigration reform. We have to solve the issue of poverty, the issue of hunger, the issue of war - spending billions of dollars to kill rather than to build. We have to deal with the fact that all of our children should be receiving the best possible education.
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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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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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I don't have any extraordinary gifts. I'm just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
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I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
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