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

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

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

— John Lewis

We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and…

— John Lewis

Right now what my job is, and I think the job of Democrats and Republicans, is to protect the middle class and…

— 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

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

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

— 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

That issue has been resolved for years now, and it's been resolved for at least two years in Donald Trump's mind. And…

— John Lewis

Do we do away with protecting of the American people with pre - to make sure that if you have an illness…

— John Lewis

People come up to me in airports, they walk into the office, and they say, 'I'm going to cry; I'm going to…

— John Lewis

I heard Dr. King speaking on the radio, and it seemed like he was saying, "John Robert Lewis, you too can make…

— John Lewis

“[People] are beginning to awaken to an idea we gave meaning to in the sixties: We are one people, one family, the…

— 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

I would like to think that we have made much more progress, that we've come much further, to have someone like a…

— John Lewis

There may be some difficulties, some interruptions, but as a nation and as a people, we are going to build a truly…

— John Lewis

In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large…

— John Lewis

What I try to tell young people is that if you come together with a mission, and its grounded with love and…

— John Lewis

Obama is not an African American president, but a president of all Americans. It doesn't matter if you are black, white, Hispanic,…

— John Lewis

The March on Washington was a March for Jobs and Freedom. There are still too many people who are unemployed or underemployed…

— John Lewis

If someone had told me in 1963 that one day I would be in Congress, I would have said, 'You're crazy. You…

— John Lewis

Medgar Evers was assassinated in his driveway retuning from an NAACP meeting in downtown Jackson. And then you go back there years…

— 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

It's going to be very difficult. I don't see the president-elect [Donald Trump] as a legitimate president.

— John Lewis

It's not just Barack Obama, but I doubt Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton would have made it to the White House without…

— John Lewis

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

Listening to Dr. King on the radio inspired me. Coming under the influence of Jim Lawson inspired me to think that I,…

— 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

I couldn't say no to A. Philip Randolph and no to Martin Luther King, Jr. These two men, I loved them, I…

— John Lewis

“These men grew. They changed because of what they experienced, and that is all you can ask of another person.”

— John Lewis

I think Dr. King would be pleased to see the number of elected officials of color - African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans,…

— 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

We're not questioning the legitimacy of the outcome of the election. You didn't have Republicans questioning whether or not [Barack] Obama legitimately…

— John Lewis