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…

— 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…

— John Lewis

The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.

— John Lewis

I am very, very hopeful about the American South - I believe that we will lead America to what Dr. King called…

— 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

To question the legitimacy of the next United States president, you know, and you're worried about a tweet that says, hey, why…

— 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

Now we have black and white elected officials working together. Today, we have gone beyond just passing laws. Now we have to…

— 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

Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.

— John Lewis

The vote is precious. It's almost sacred, so go out and vote like you never voted before.

— John Lewis

My position is very, very simple. That I fought too long and too hard against discrimination based on race and color, not…

— John Lewis

Many of us in Nashville accepted nonviolence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or…

— John Lewis

Right now, what my job is - pardon me? Those are just words. Right now, what my - my job is right…

— John Lewis

Donald Trump has made it clear that certainly over the last few years that President [Barack] Obama was born in Hawaii.

— John Lewis

As a young child, it became crystal clear to me that there were certain rights and privileges that other people had that…

— John Lewis

“The truth is a powerful force. It is the foundation of all things. The truth is so all-consuming that it cannot be…

— John Lewis

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

— John Lewis

When I was 15 years old in 1955, I heard of Rosa Parks. I heard the words of Martin Luther King, Jr.…

— John Lewis

I think Donald Trump is dividing the American people. He is not good for America. It's not good for our standing in…

— John Lewis

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

— John Lewis

There are still forces in America that want to divide us along racial lines, religious lines, sex, class. But we've come too…

— John Lewis

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

— John Lewis

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

— John Lewis

I think [James Comey] should take a hard look at what he has done. And I think it would not be a…

— John Lewis