"There are still forces in America that..." - Quote by John Lewis
There are still forces in America that want to divide us along racial lines, religious lines, sex, class. But we've come too far; we've made too much progress to stop or to pull back. We must go forward. And I believe we will get there.
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“My mother and father and many of my relatives had been sharecroppers.”
“I grew up very poor in rural Alabama.”
“When I was a student, I studied philosophy and religion. I talked about being patient. Some people say I was too hopeful, too optimistic, but you have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.”
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