Quote by John Lewis
The civil rights movement was based on faith. Many of us who were

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. – John Lewis

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It was not enough to come and listen to a great sermon or message every Sunday morning and be confined to those four walls and those four corners. You had to get out and do something. – John Lewis

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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God. – Mahatma Gandhi

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The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith. – Michael Polanyi

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I have deep respect for peoples individual faith, but when faith gets connected to the machinery of state, or the machinery of hate, I find it very confronting. – Andrew Denton

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In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all. – Alan Watts

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