The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
JOHN LEWISI believe that teachers – whether in elementary schools, at the secondary level, or at colleges and universities – every teacher deserves the Nobel Peace Prize just for maintaining order in our schools!
More John Lewis Quotes
-
-
I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
JOHN LEWIS -
We must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
JOHN LEWIS -
Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
JOHN LEWIS -
We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
JOHN LEWIS -
Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
JOHN LEWIS -
I 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 LEWIS -
You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
JOHN LEWIS -
You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
JOHN LEWIS -
Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
JOHN LEWIS -
If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
JOHN LEWIS -
The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
JOHN LEWIS -
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 will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
JOHN LEWIS -
You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.
JOHN LEWIS -
Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.
JOHN LEWIS