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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Im about as big a star as the Bahai faith has got, which is pretty pathetic. – Rainn Wilson

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Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it. – Mason Cooley

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What is faith? If you believe something because you have evidence for it, or rational argument, that is not faith. So faith seems to be believing something despite the absence of evidence or rational argument for it. – Peter Singer

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