--- title: "4 Sunday Quotes By John Lewis" description: "4 Sunday quotes by John Lewis. Plus more from John Lewis and more Sunday sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/john-lewis-1310_church_i-grew-up-in-rural-alabama-50-miles-from_924103.jpg" --- > [I grew up in rural Alabama, 50 miles from Montgomery, in a very loving, wonderful family: wonderful mother, wonderful father. We attended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/i-grew-up-in-rural-alabama-50-miles-from-montgomery-in-a-very-loving/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/john-lewis-1310_church_i-grew-up-in-rural-alabama-50-miles-from_924103.jpg) > [A few days after Bloody Sunday, there was demonstration in more than 80 American cities. People were demanding that the government act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/a-few-days-after-bloody-sunday-there-was-demonstration-in-more-than/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/john-lewis-1310_american_a-few-days-after-bloody-sunday-there-was_1925385.jpg) > [It was not enough to come and listen to a great sermon or message every Sunday morning and be confined to those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/it-was-not-enough-to-come-and-listen-to-a-great-sermon-or-message/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/john-lewis-1310_come_it-was-not-enough-to-come-and-listen-to_2094784.jpg) > [If it hadn't been for that march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday, there would be no Barack Obama as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/if-it-hadn-t-been-for-that-march-across-the-edmund-pettus-bridge-on/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e2/john-lewis-1310_america_if-it-hadn-t-been-for-that-march-across_2283825.jpg) ## Other authors on Sunday - [Andrew Neil 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sunday/andrew-neil/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sunday/haruki-murakami/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sunday/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [Jarod Kintz 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sunday/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vance-havner-93139.jpg) Vance Havner 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sunday/vance-havner/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-washer-74235.jpg) Paul Washer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sunday/paul-washer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-joel-osteen-50643.jpg) Joel Osteen 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sunday/joel-osteen/) ## More by John Lewis > [ I happen to believe that this election year \[2016\] is...one of the most important elections that we're going to face in a very long… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/i-happen-to-believe-that-this-election-year-2016-is-one-of-the-most/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/if-you-re-not-hopeful-and-optimistic-then-you-just-give-up-you-have/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) > [The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/the-reward-for-playing-jazz-is-playing-jazz/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) > [I am very, very hopeful about the American South - I believe that we will lead America to what Dr. King called 'the beloved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/i-am-very-very-hopeful-about-the-american-south-i-believe-that-we/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 something that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/donald-trump-s-inauguration-will-be-the-first-one-that-i-miss-since-i/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) > [To question the legitimacy of the next United States president, you know, and you're worried about a tweet that says, hey, why don't you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/to-question-the-legitimacy-of-the-next-united-states-president-you/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) > [We are tired of being beaten by policemen. We are tired of seeing our people locked up in jails over and over again. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/we-are-tired-of-being-beaten-by-policemen-we-are-tired-of-seeing-our/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) > [Now we have black and white elected officials working together. Today, we have gone beyond just passing laws. Now we have to create a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/now-we-have-black-and-white-elected-officials-working-together-today/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) > [“For me, the nomination of Barack Obama as a candidate for president and his inauguration in Washington represents a brief glimpse at the power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/for-me-the-nomination-of-barack-obama-as-a-candidate-for-president/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) > [Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/too-many-people-struggled-suffered-and-died-to-make-it-possible-for/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) > [The vote is precious. It's almost sacred, so go out and vote like you never voted before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/the-vote-is-precious-it-s-almost-sacred-so-go-out-and-vote-like-you/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) > [My position is very, very simple. That I fought too long and too hard against discrimination based on race and color, not to stand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/my-position-is-very-very-simple-that-i-fought-too-long-and-too-hard/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) > [Many of us in Nashville accepted nonviolence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/many-of-us-in-nashville-accepted-nonviolence-as-a-way-of-life-a-way/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) > [Right now, what my job is - pardon me? Those are just words. Right now, what my - my job is right now going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/right-now-what-my-job-is-pardon-me-those-are-just-words-right-now/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) > [ Donald Trump has made it clear that certainly over the last few years that President \[Barack\] Obama was born in Hawaii. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/donald-trump-has-made-it-clear-that-certainly-over-the-last-few-years/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sunday/john-lewis/#itemlist", "name": "4 Sunday Quotes By John Lewis", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I grew up in rural Alabama, 50 miles from Montgomery, in a very loving, wonderful family: wonderful mother, wonderful father. 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