He believed that in all of us, there exists the capacity for great courage, that in all of us there is a longing to do what’s right, that in all of us there is a willingness to love all people, and to extend to them their God-given rights to dignity and respect.
So many of us lose that sense.
It’s taught out of us.
We start feeling as if, in fact, that we can’t afford to extend kindness or decency to other people.
That we’re better off if we are above other people and looking down on them, and so often that’s encouraged in our culture.
But John always saw the best in us.
And he never gave up, and never stopped speaking out because he saw the best in us.
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Source: Read the Full Transcript of Obama’s Eulogy for John Lewis
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/us/obama-eulogy-john-lewis-full-transcript.html
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