When I Speak To Students About The Civil Rights Movement, I Say That It Is Impossible To Stop A Determined Movement That Is Captivating The American Consciousness. I Think The Candidacy Of Sen. Obama Represents The Beginning Of A New Movement In American Political History That Began In The Hearts And Minds Of The People Of This Nation. And I Want To Be On The Side Of The People, On The Side Of The Spirit Of History.

-John Lewis

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When I Speak To Students About The

John Lewis

When I Speak To Students About The Civil Rights Movement, I Say That It Is Impossible To Stop A Determined Movement That Is Captivating The American Consciousness. I Think The Candidacy Of Sen. Obama Represents The Beginning Of A New Movement In American Political History That Began In The Hearts And Minds Of The People Of This Nation. And I Want To Be On The Side Of The People, On The Side Of The Spirit Of History.

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Young People Can Understand, And Must Understand, That We Had Success, We Had Failures, But We Never Gave Up. We Never Gave In. We Never Became Bitter. We Didn't Hate. We Continued To Press On. And That's What We're Saying: There Are Some Ups, There Are Some Downs, And When You're Not Down, You Must Have The Capacity And The Ability To Get Up And Keep Going.

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