If you’re not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if your consistent, you will succeed.
JOHN LEWISIf you’re not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if your consistent, you will succeed.
JOHN LEWISEvery single vote is precious.
JOHN LEWISRosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble – good trouble, necessary trouble.
JOHN LEWISYou have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
JOHN LEWISDon’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
JOHN LEWISYou have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
JOHN LEWISWe are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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 LEWISNon violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.
JOHN LEWISYou must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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 LEWISYou have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
JOHN LEWISWhen you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.
JOHN LEWISWe built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.
JOHN LEWISI believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful.
JOHN LEWIS