It is my hope that people today will see that, in another time, in another period, when we saw the need for people to speak up, to organize, to mobilize, and to do something about injustice, we came together.
JOHN LEWIS
I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
More John Lewis Quotes
-
It is my hope that people today will see that, in another time, in another period, when we saw the need for people to speak up, to organize, to mobilize, and to do something about injustice, we came together.
JOHN LEWIS -
We 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 LEWIS -
You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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 -
I 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 -
By the force of our demands, our determination, and our numbers, we shall splinter the segregated South into a thousand pieces and put them together in the image of God and democracy
JOHN LEWIS -
Our 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 LEWIS -
Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
JOHN LEWIS -
Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.
JOHN LEWIS -
We must be headlights and not taillights.
JOHN LEWIS -
I 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 LEWIS -
Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
JOHN LEWIS -
Hate is too big a burden to bear.
JOHN LEWIS -
The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
JOHN LEWIS -
Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
JOHN LEWIS -
There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
JOHN LEWIS