I happen to believe that this election year [2016] is...one of the most important elections that we're going to face in a… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
I thought I was going to die a few times. On the Freedom Ride in the year 1961, when I was beaten… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Black men and women were not allowed to register to vote. My own mother, my own father, my grandfather and my uncles… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
In spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I'm very hopeful, very optimistic about the… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
I say from time to time that the vote is precious. It's almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
First time I got arrested, I knew somehow and some way, we would succeed. To go on the Freedom Ride to be… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
I've said it in the past and I'll say it again today: the vote is precious; it's almost sacred. — John Lewis Copy Share Image
It is my hope that people today will see that, in another time, in another period, when we saw the need for… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
I studied the philosophy and the discipline of non-violence in Nashville as a student. And I staged a sitting-in in the fall… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
When I was 15 years old in the tenth grade, I heard Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years later, when I was… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
I believe race is too heavy a burden to carry into the 21st century. It's time to lay it down. We all… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Well, what Cory Booker and John Lewis are right about is to talk about the racist past of Donald Trump. — John Lewis Copy Share Image
I travel all the time, but when I come back to the South, I see such progress. In a real sense, a… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
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… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
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… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
I am very, very hopeful about the American South - I believe that we will lead America to what Dr. King called 'the beloved… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
[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… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
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… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
We are tired of being beaten by policemen. We are tired of seeing our people locked up in jails over and over again. And… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Now we have black and white elected officials working together. Today, we have gone beyond just passing laws. Now we have to create a… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
“For me, the nomination of Barack Obama as a candidate for president and his inauguration in Washington represents a brief glimpse at the power… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote. — John Lewis Copy Share Image
The vote is precious. It's almost sacred, so go out and vote like you never voted before. — John Lewis Copy Share Image
My position is very, very simple. That I fought too long and too hard against discrimination based on race and color, not to stand… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
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