John Lewis quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by John Lewis

John Lewis Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from John Lewis on Wise Famous Quotes.

John Lewis quotes: To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.

To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.

John Lewis quotes: Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse.

Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse.

John Lewis quotes: You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.

You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.

John Lewis quotes: Races 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.

Races 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 Lewis quotes: [O]ur revolt was as much against the traditional black leadership structure as it was against segregation and discrimination.

[O]ur revolt was as much against the traditional black leadership structure as it was against segregation and discrimination.

John Lewis quotes: Love is a better way.

Love is a better way.

John Lewis quotes: I believe in nonviolence as a way of life, as a way of living.

I believe in nonviolence as a way of life, as a way of living.

John Lewis quotes: I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.

I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.

John Lewis quotes: Some people know Rosa Parks, they know Daisy Bates in Arkansas, but every ... Ruby Doris Smith, Diane Nash, countless individuals.

Some people know Rosa Parks, they know Daisy Bates in Arkansas, but every ... Ruby Doris Smith, Diane Nash, countless individuals.

John Lewis quotes: We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.

We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.

John Lewis quotes: The book Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story, I read it when I was about 17-and-a-half or 18. It changed my life.

The book Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story, I read it when I was about 17-and-a-half or 18. It changed my life.

John Lewis quotes: You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.

You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.

John Lewis quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I heard Dr. King speaking on the radio, and it seemed like he was saying, "John Robert Lewis, you too can make a contribution. You can get involved!"

I heard Dr. King speaking on the radio, and it seemed like he was saying, "John Robert Lewis, you too can make a contribution. You can get involved!"

John Lewis quotes: We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.

We 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 Lewis quotes: You cannot give up - you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.

You cannot give up - you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.

John Lewis quotes: The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.

The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.

John Lewis quotes: But you have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.

But you have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.

John Lewis quotes: I don't have any extraordinary gifts. I'm just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.

I don't have any extraordinary gifts. I'm just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.

John Lewis quotes: Who gets the bird, the hunter or the dog?

Who gets the bird, the hunter or the dog?

John Lewis quotes: If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.

If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.

John Lewis quotes: When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.

When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.

John Lewis quotes: My mother and father and many of my relatives had been sharecroppers.

My mother and father and many of my relatives had been sharecroppers.

John Lewis quotes: The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.

The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.