"The civil rights movement was based on faith.……" — John Lewis
"The civil rights movement was based on faith. Many of us who were participants in this movement saw our involvement as an extension of our faith. We saw ourselves doing the work of the Almighty. Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something."
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46 Quotes by John Lewis
John Lewis has 46 quotes on this site.
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The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
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I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956 with my brothers and sisters and first cousins, I was…
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I believe in nonviolence as a way of life, as a way of living.
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I have fought too hard and for too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up…
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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When I was 15 years old in the tenth grade, I heard Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years later, when…
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If you're not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and…
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I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.
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