You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
JOHN LEWISYou have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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 LEWISWhen you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.
JOHN LEWISWe must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
JOHN LEWISI believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
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 LEWISThe reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
JOHN LEWISWe must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
JOHN LEWISWe must be headlights and not taillights.
JOHN LEWISTo make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.
JOHN LEWISYou cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
JOHN LEWISPeople must understand that people were beaten, arrested, jailed, and some people were murdered, while attempting to register to vote, or to get others to register to vote.
JOHN LEWISRaces 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 LEWISReading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
JOHN LEWISOur struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America. It’s not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is the struggle of a lifetime, more than one lifetime.
JOHN LEWISI say from time to time that the vote is precious.
JOHN LEWIS