Author: John Lewis

Quotes

Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.

Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.

- John Lewis

The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the American society.

The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the American society.

- John Lewis

I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.

I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.

- John Lewis

I want to see young people in America feel the spirit of the 1960s and find a way to get in the way. To find a way to get in trouble. Good trouble, necessary trouble.

I want to see young people in America feel the spirit of the 1960s and find a way to get in the way. To find a way to get in trouble. Good trouble, necessary trouble.

- John Lewis

Be hopeful. Be optimistic. Never lose that sense of hope.

Be hopeful. Be optimistic. Never lose that sense of hope.

- John Lewis

What I try to tell young people is that if you come together with a mission, and its grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.

What I try to tell young people is that if you come together with a mission, and its grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.

- John Lewis

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