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People Quotes by John Lewis
- We live in a country where we're supposed to have freedom of the press and religious freedom, but I think to some degree, there's a…
- When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
- When I was a student, I studied philosophy and religion. I talked about being patient. Some people say I was too hopeful, too optimistic, but…
- To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.
- I say to people today, 'You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it.…
- My mother and father and many of my relatives had been sharecroppers. They had been tenant farmers like so many people in the South. They…
- Black men and women were not allowed to register to vote. My own mother, my own father, my grandfather and my uncles and aunts could…
- In 1965, the attempted march from Selma to Montgomery on March 7th was planned to dramatize to the state of Alabama and to the nation…
- My parents told me in the very beginning as a young child when I raised the question about segregation and racial discrimination, they told me…
- We would said to people, you know, you've been living here for 40 years, for 50 years. Your street is not paved. You have a…
- There have been efforts in recent years and as recently as this past election with it being a deliberate and systematic attempt to suppress the…
- Today, I think more than ever before, we have to speak up and speak out to end discrimination based on sexual orientation. Dr. King used…
- I am concerned that there are some feelings in some quarters in some corners that, what do people of color want now? We elected Barack…
- On Inauguration Day I will be on the platform sitting on the steps behind President Barack Obama. I don't know how I'm going to take…
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- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
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- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle