"Not one of us can rest, be..." - Quote by John Lewis
Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves, until we end hatred and division.
More by John Lewis
“I would say the country is a different country. It is a better country. The signs I saw when I was growing up are gone and they will not return. In many ways the walls of segregation have been torn down.”
“Listening to Dr. King on the radio inspired me. Coming under the influence of Jim Lawson inspired me to think that I, too, could do something.”
“Right now what my job is, and I think the job of Democrats and Republicans, is to protect the middle class and working families of this country from some devastating ideas that [Donald] Trump has proposed.”
More on Peace
“My life is like a stroll upon the beach.”
“The peace of the man who has forsworn the use of the bullet seems to me not quite peace, but a canting impotence.”
“World peace through nonviolent means is neither absurd nor unattainable. All other methods have failed. Thus we must begin anew. Nonviolence is a good starting point. Those of us who believe in this method can be voices of reason, sanity, and understanding amid the voices of violence, hatred, and emotion. We can very well set a mood of peace out of which a system of peace can be built.”
More on Unity
“All B.S. aside, it all comes down to... we got to survive. I mean, even warriors put their spears down on Sundays. We got to survive here in this country... 'cause I'm not going back to Africa. We got to survive here. And for us to survive here-White folks, Black folks, Korean folks, Mexican folks, Puerto Ricans-we got to understand each other.”
“Kindness is the golden thread that holds society together.”
“The truly good is he who is one with all those who are deemed bad.”