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List of John Lewis Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 108 inspiring quotes by John Lewis.

About John Lewis

  • Born: February 21, 1940
  • Died: 1616
  • Occupation: U.S. Representative
    • I happen to believe that this election year [2016] is...one of the most important elections that we're going to face in a very long time. i know we hear from time to time that every election is important. this one is very, very important.
    Believe Years Long
    Some people think that [it was] martin luther king jr.'s idea to have a boycott. it was a black woman, a teacher, who said we should boycott the buses. you had people like fannie lou hamer; delta, mississippi.
    Teacher Kings Thinking
    What has been doing in the last week, attacking hollywood actresses [meryl streep] for criticizing him, i mean what would is this guy [donald trump] living in?
    Mean Guy Actresses
    That issue has been resolved for years now, and it's been resolved for at least two years in donald trump's mind. and to bring that up as justification for john lewis questioning the legitimacy of a democratic activity that is - has been around since the beginning of our country is wrong.
    Country Years Two
    Well, what cory booker and john lewis are right about is to talk about the racist past of donald trump.
    Past Racist Trump
    Right now, what my job is - pardon me? those are just words. right now, what my - my job is right now going beyond media conflicts and words is to say that donald trump, among other things, told the american people he would not cut social security, medicare and medicaid, and right now republicans in the house and senate are doing just that.
    Jobs Cutting Media
    No one can say that this was the decisive and [russians hacking ] was what elected [donald] trump, but clearly his behavior during the campaign in terms of what he said in the week or two before the election was unacceptable.
    Two Campaigns Hacking
    For a person [like john lewis] that is a champion of voter rights to question whether or not donald trump legitimately won an election or not is an incredible position to take five days before an inauguration.
    Rights Champion Voters
    I can tell just from working closely for the last year an half with president-elect [donald trump] and even over the course of the last six weeks, he has no problem with differing opinions in a room.
    Years President Half
    Donald trump has made it clear that certainly over the last few years that president [barack] obama was born in hawaii.
    Years President Hawaii
    To question the legitimacy of the next united states president, you know, and you're worried about a tweet that says, hey, why don't you get back to work instead of questioning my legitimacy? too bad.
    President United States Hey
    It is interesting that [james comey] is not doing investigations about the possible - possible ties between [donald] trump's campaign and the russians.
    Ties Interesting Campaigns
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