John Lewis

The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.

— John Lewis

We must be headlights and not taillights.

— John Lewis

Selma was the turning point.

— John Lewis

You have to be persistent.

— John Lewis

The vote controls everything that you do.

— John Lewis

Sensible people have got to work together.

— John Lewis

I grew up very poor in rural Alabama.

— John Lewis

I believe in forgiveness; I believe in trying to work with people.

— John Lewis

Nobody thinks that Obamacare is perfect. It has its problems.

— John Lewis

Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I'm on today.

— John Lewis

You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.

— John Lewis

You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.

— John Lewis

I think President Barack Obama has been a good president.

— John Lewis

When you make mistakes, when you're wrong, you should admit you're wrong and ask people to forgive you.

— John Lewis

Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.

— John Lewis

We are tired of being beaten by policemen. We are tired of seeing our people locked up in jails over and over…

— John Lewis

[Donald Trump's inauguration] will be the first one that I miss since I've been in Congress. You cannot be at home with…

— John Lewis

We need comprehensive immigration reform. Dr. King wouldn't be pleased at all to know that there are millions of people living in…

— John Lewis

It is interesting that [James Comey] is not doing investigations about the possible - possible ties between [Donald] Trump's campaign and the…

— John Lewis

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

— John Lewis

I continued the sit-ins, got on the Freedom Rides and became an active participant not just in Nashville but throughout the American…

— John Lewis

We should be creative, and we should accommodate the needs of every community to open up the democratic process. We should make…

— John Lewis

A few days after Bloody Sunday, there was demonstration in more than 80 American cities. People were demanding that the government act.

— John Lewis

Before we went on any protest, whether it was sit-ins or the freedom rides or any march, we prepared ourselves, and we…

— John Lewis

When I was a student, I studied philosophy and religion. I talked about being patient. Some people say I was too hopeful,…

— John Lewis

Even in the civil rights movement, there were so many unbelievable women. They never, ever received the credit that they should have…

— John Lewis

For a person [like John Lewis] that is a champion of voter rights to question whether or not Donald Trump legitimately won…

— John Lewis

We have come a long way in America because of Martin Luther King, Jr. He led a disciplined, nonviolent revolution under the…

— John Lewis

The point is not where Barack Obama was born, the point is is that we've got congressmen on the Democratic side of…

— John Lewis

I think [Donald Trump] is going to be inaugurated this week. I have great concerns, and apparently Republicans do as well, and…

— John Lewis

We are one people with one family. We all live in the same house... and through books, through information, we must find…

— John Lewis

“We believe some people are more special, more beautiful, more capable, more influential, more intelligent, more gifted, and have a greater capacity…

— John Lewis

In 1965, the attempted march from Selma to Montgomery on March 7th was planned to dramatize to the state of Alabama and…

— John Lewis

“For me, the nomination of Barack Obama as a candidate for president and his inauguration in Washington represents a brief glimpse at…

— John Lewis

When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women,…

— John Lewis

When I speak to students about the Civil Rights Movement, I say that it is impossible to stop a determined movement that…

— John Lewis

I heard of Martin Luther King Jr. when I was 15 years old. I heard of Rosa Parks. And I met Dr.…

— John Lewis

When I was growing up in rural Alabama, as a young child, about 50 miles from Montgomery, and we would visit the…

— John Lewis

I am concerned that there are some feelings in some quarters in some corners that, what do people of color want now?…

— John Lewis

Sometimes I hear people saying, 'Nothing has changed.' Come and walk in my shoes.

— John Lewis