"When I was a student, I studied philosophy……" — John Lewis
"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 you have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence."
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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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We have come a long way in America because of Martin Luther King, Jr. He led a disciplined, nonviolent revolution…
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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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Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this…
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Ornette Coleman is doing the only really new thing in jazz since the innovations in the mid-forties of Dizzy Gillespie,…
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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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We live in a country where we're supposed to have freedom of the press and religious freedom, but I think…
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You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw…
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More Hopeful Quotes
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one of 436 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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But groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having.
— John Perry Barlow
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The inevitable has always found me ready and hopeful.
— Amelia Barr
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.
— Martha Beck
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The Middle East is hopeful. There's hope there.
— Joe Biden
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I go from being hugely hopeful and entertaining to... really not. I'm not manic depressive, but I can really go…
— Selma Blair
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Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who…
— Pearl S. Buck
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I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that…
— George W. Bush
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A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.
— Charlie Chaplin
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Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house…
— John Ciardi
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Patience is the art of hoping.
— Luc de Clapiers
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There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.
— Arthur C. Clarke
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