Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
JOHN LEWISYoung people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
JOHN LEWISRosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble – good trouble, necessary trouble.
JOHN LEWISThe vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
JOHN LEWISWe must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
JOHN LEWISThere is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
JOHN LEWISThe government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
JOHN LEWISI don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
JOHN LEWISYou have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
JOHN LEWISYou have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
JOHN LEWISNon violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
JOHN LEWISEven in the civil rights movement, there were so many unbelievable women. They never, ever received the credit that they should have received. They did all of the, and I cannot say it, they did all of the dirty work. Hard work.
JOHN LEWISMusic is a universal language.
JOHN LEWISReading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
JOHN LEWISToo many of us still believe our differences define us.
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 met Rosa Parks when I was 17. I met Dr. [Martin Luther] King when I was 18. These two individuals inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble. So I got in good trouble, necessary trouble.
JOHN LEWIS