When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it.
JOHN LEWISComics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.
More John Lewis Quotes
-
-
Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.
JOHN LEWIS -
We must be headlights and not taillights.
JOHN LEWIS -
The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
JOHN LEWIS -
The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
JOHN LEWIS -
Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
JOHN LEWIS -
You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.
JOHN LEWIS -
We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
JOHN LEWIS -
Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
JOHN LEWIS -
We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
JOHN LEWIS -
In spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I’m very hopeful, very optimistic about the future.
JOHN LEWIS -
Don’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
JOHN LEWIS -
We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.
JOHN LEWIS -
We need someone who will stand up and speak up and speak out for the people who need help, for people who are being discriminated against.
JOHN LEWIS -
Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?
JOHN LEWIS -
Races don’t fall in love, genders don’t fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love.
JOHN LEWIS