John Lewis
John Lewis
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 February 1940
CountryUnited States of America
giving-up believe optimistic
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
moral obligation fairs
If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.
sex couple cutting
I have fought too hard and for too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination based on sexual orientation. I've heard the reasons for opposing civil marriage for same-sex couples. Cut through the distractions, and they stink of the same fear, hatred and intolerance I have known in racism and in bigotry.
philosophy night years
I thought I was going to die a few times. On the Freedom Ride in the year 1961, when I was beaten at the Greyhound bus station in Montgomery, I thought I was going to die. On March 7th, 1965, when I was hit in the head with a night stick by a State Trooper at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, I thought I was going to die. I thought I saw death, but nothing can make me question the philosophy of nonviolence.
heart thinking rights
When I speak to students about the Civil Rights Movement, I say that it is impossible to stop a determined movement that is captivating the American consciousness. I think the candidacy of Sen. Obama represents the beginning of a new movement in American political history that began in the hearts and minds of the people of this nation. And I want to be on the side of the people, on the side of the spirit of history.
privilege care health-care
We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.
music rewards playing-jazz
The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
falling-in-love race gender
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.
rights movement saws
The civil rights movement was based on faith. Many of us who were participants in this movement saw our involvement as an extension of our faith. We saw ourselves doing the work of the Almighty. Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
giving-up eye dont-give-up
Don`t give up! Don`t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
government states duty
The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
optimistic thinking hopeful
I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.
kings distance beloved-community
We have come a long way in America because of Martin Luther King, Jr. He led a disciplined, nonviolent revolution under the rule of law, a revolution of values, a revolution of ideas. We've come a long way, but we still have a distance to go before all of our citizens embrace the idea of a truly interracial democracy, what I like to call the Beloved Community, a nation at peace with itself.
mean past ohio
In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process.