There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
JOHN LEWISWe must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
More John Lewis Quotes
-
-
I believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful.
JOHN LEWIS -
Don’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
JOHN LEWIS -
You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
JOHN LEWIS -
Hate is too big a burden to bear.
JOHN LEWIS -
Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
JOHN LEWIS -
Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
JOHN LEWIS -
I say to people today, ‘You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.
JOHN LEWIS -
Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
JOHN LEWIS -
Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
JOHN LEWIS -
You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
JOHN LEWIS -
You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
JOHN LEWIS -
We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
JOHN LEWIS -
Music is a universal language.
JOHN LEWIS -
By the force of our demands, our determination, and our numbers, we shall splinter the segregated South into a thousand pieces and put them together in the image of God and democracy
JOHN LEWIS -
The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
JOHN LEWIS






