"I think Dr. King would be pleased..." - Quote by John Lewis

“In spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I'm very hopeful, very optimistic about the future.”

“The vote is precious. It's almost sacred, so go out and vote like you never voted before.”

“I believe in forgiveness; I believe in trying to work with people.”

“To achieve your dreams, you must embrace adversity and make failure a regular part of your life. If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward.”

“We shall make progress towards Swaraj only if we do everything thoughtfully and with understanding.”

“I warn young people that I interact with about this - you get into unrealistic expectations where you think that, "Oh, we're gonna eliminate racism like that. After Obama's elected how could there be any racism?".”

“Black people ALL are fightin' you all for freedom, justice and equality. One believes that intermarriage is gonna solve it, and 200 years from now we all will be a beautiful cream color. He really believes it. One believe that gittin' some rifles and shootin' up the country is gonna solve it, another believes that education. One day we'll be the president. One believe that we gotta git into the white man's pockets and get all the money.”

“White people just don't want their slaves to be free. That's the whole thing.”

“People must understand that people were beaten, arrested, jailed, and some people were murdered, while attempting to register to vote, or to get others to register to vote.”