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Sometimes I hear people saying, 'Nothing has changed.' Come and walk in my shoes. - John Lewis
I don't understand it, how President Johnson can send troops to Vietnam and cannot send troops to Selma, Alabama, to protect people whose only desire is to register to vote. - John Lewis
I studied the philosophy and the discipline of non-violence in Nashville as a student. And I staged a sitting-in in the fall of 1959 and got arrested the first time in February 1960. - John Lewis
You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right. - John Lewis
We all live in the same house, we all must be part of the effort to hold down our little house. When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just... do something about it. Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It's all going to work out. - 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. - John Lewis
It's a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process. - John Lewis
Before we went on any protest, whether it was sit-ins or the freedom rides or any march, we prepared ourselves, and we were disciplined. We were committed to the way of peace - the way of non-violence - the way of love - the way of life as the way of living. - John Lewis
The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the American society. - John Lewis
I believe race is too heavy a burden to carry into the 21st century. It's time to lay it down. We all came here in different ships, but now we're all in the same boat. - John Lewis
