32 Famous Rep. John Lewis Quotes (SENATOR)

Top 10 Most Famous Rep John Lewis Quotes on Love and Peace

“We are one people with one family. We all live in the same house… and through books, through information, we must find a way to say to people that we must lay down the burden of hate. For hate is too heavy a burden to bear.”
John Lewis

Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness.

Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won. — Hold only **love**, only **peace** in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won.

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

I believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful. — I believe in **freedom** of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful.

“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.”
John Lewis

When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.

You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way… to get in the way. — You must be bold, brave, and **courageous** and find a way… to get in the way.

You are the light. Never let anyone — any person or any force — dampen, dim or diminish your light.

We are one people, one family, the human family, and what affects one of us affects us all. — We are one people, one **family**, the human family, and what affects one of us affects us all.

22 Inspirational Representative John Lewis Quotes on Change and Freedom (NEVER GIVE UP)

“Ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year. Ours is not the struggle of one judicial appointment or presidential term. Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part.”
John Lewis

You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage. — You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have **courage**, raw courage.

Nothing can stop the power of a committed and determined people to make a difference in our society. Why? Because human beings are the most dynamic link to the divine on this planet. — Nothing can stop the power of a committed and **determined** people to make a difference in our society. Why? Because human beings are the most dynamic link to the divine on this planet.

If you're not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you're consistent, you will succeed. — If you’re not **hopeful** and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will **succeed**.

“Take a long, hard look down the road you will have to travel once you have made a commitment to work for change. Know that this transformation will not happen right away. Change often takes time.”
John Lewis

“Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part. And if we believe in the change we seek, then it is easy to commit to doing all we can, because the responsibility is ours alone to build a better society and a more peaceful world.”
John Lewis

When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change. — When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you **change**.

There is a power that can raise you up even from the lowliest of places and guide you to the forefront of change if you truly want to create a better world. — There is a power that can raise you up even from the lowliest of places and guide you to the forefront of **change** if you truly want to create a better world.

The power of faith is transformative. It can be utilized in your own personal life to change your individual condition, and it can be used as a lifeline of spiritual strength to change a nation. — The power of faith is transformative. It can be utilized in your own personal life to **change** your individual condition, and it can be used as a lifeline of spiritual strength to change a nation.

Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there's no fury facing it. — Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.

We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now! We are tired. We are tired of being beaten by policemen. We are tired of seeing our people locked up in jail over and over again. — We do not want our **freedom** gradually, but we want to be free now! We are tired. We are tired of being beaten by policemen. We are tired of seeing our people locked up in jail over and over again.

Freedom is not a state; it is an act. It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau where we can finally sit down and rest. — **Freedom** is not a state; it is an act. It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau where we can finally sit down and rest.

**Freedom** is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.

“It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that’s important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there’ll be any fruit. But that doesn’t mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.”
John Lewis

We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us. — We may not have chosen the **time**, but the time has chosen us.

We have been too quiet for too long. There comes a time when you have to say something. You have to make a little noise. You have to move your feet. This is the time. — We have been too quiet for too long. There comes a **time** when you have to say something. You have to make a little noise. You have to move your feet. This is the **time**.

Faith is being so sure of what the spirit has whispered in your heart that your belief in its eventuality is unshakable.

It is only through examining history that you become aware of where you stand within the continuum of change. — It is only through examining history that you become aware of where you stand within the continuum of **change**.

When you make mistakes, when you're wrong, you should admit you're wrong and ask people to forgive you. — When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to **forgive** you.

We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.

We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.

“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.”
John Lewis

John Robert Lewis Short Biography

Born on 21 February 1940 in Troy, Alabama, United States, John Robert Lewis was a former American politician and civil rights leader.

In 1955, Lewis heard Martin Luther King Jr. on the radio, this moment inspired him and was the catalyst to many of his choices later in life. In the same year, he held his first public sermon.

Lewis graduated from American Baptist College in 1961 and became a Baptist minister shortly after. Six years later he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in religion and philosophy from Fisk University.

As a student in college he became active in the civil rights movement and organized sit-ins, due to this was arrested several times. Lewis was part of the original 13 Freedom Riders who rode to New Orleans in integrated buses in 1961.

In 1963, Lewis was a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee of which he was chairman. Lewis was part of what was called the Big Six, a group of leaders who organized the March on Washington, a protest for jobs and freedom.

Lewis ran for the U.S. House of Representatives and won in November of that year. From 1988-2018 Lewis was reelected 16 times and was representative for Georgia’s 5th congressional district. He was considered one of the most liberal members of the House of Representatives.

Top 10 Most Famous Rep John Lewis Quotes on Love and Peace

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John Robert Lewis Short Biography

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