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John Lewis Quotes

American - Politician | February 21, 1940 -

Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we've come and the progress we've made.

Happiness Progress Joy Tears Feel

Black men and women were not allowed to register to vote. My own mother, my own father, my grandfather and my uncles and aunts could not register to vote because each time they attempted to register to vote, they were told they could not pass the literacy test.

Father Mother Women Time Men Black

We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.

Creative People Want Need Out Some

Never give up. Never give in. Never become hostile... Hate is too big a burden to bear.

Never Give Up Hate Burden Become Big

The vote controls everything that you do.

You Vote Everything Controls

I was honored to have an opportunity to speak on August 28th, 1963.

Opportunity Speak Honored August

It's a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.

People Process Political Shame Take

People come up to me in airports, they walk into the office, and they say, 'I'm going to cry; I'm going to pass out.' And I say, 'Please don't pass out; I'm not a doctor.'

Walk People Me Doctor Cry Say

My mother and father and many of my relatives had been sharecroppers.

Father Mother Relatives Been Many

When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn't like it.

Women Men Waiting Growing Up White

If someone had told me in 1963 that one day I would be in Congress, I would have said, 'You're crazy. You don't know what you're talking about.'

Day Me Crazy Someone Talking You

The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.

Government Duty State Reasonable

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