We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
JOHN LEWISWe do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
JOHN LEWISToo many of us still believe our differences define us.
JOHN LEWISI 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 LEWISRosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble – good trouble, necessary trouble.
JOHN LEWISToo many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
JOHN LEWISGive us a vote! Let us vote! We came here to do our job. We came here to work.
JOHN LEWISNon violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
JOHN LEWISPeople should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
JOHN LEWISReading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
JOHN LEWISFury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
JOHN LEWISIt is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
JOHN LEWISWe will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.
JOHN LEWISPeople will never, ever forget what happened and how it happened, and it is my hope that we are on our way to greater change.
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!
JOHN LEWISI believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
JOHN LEWISI think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.
JOHN LEWIS