The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
JOHN LEWISThe reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
JOHN LEWISWe must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
JOHN LEWISYou have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
JOHN LEWISFollowing the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
JOHN LEWISSay something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It’s all going to work out.
JOHN LEWISSometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we’ve come and the progress we’ve made.
JOHN LEWISI would say to a young person: continue to study. Study what is taking place in your community, in your neighborhood, maybe at your school.
JOHN LEWISToo many of us still believe our differences define us.
JOHN LEWISPeace cannot exist where justice is not served.
JOHN LEWISI don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
JOHN LEWISWe must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
JOHN LEWISThe vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
JOHN LEWISWe 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 LEWISSegregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
JOHN LEWISIt’s a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.
JOHN LEWISWithout our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.
JOHN LEWIS