We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us. John Lewis More Quotes by John Lewis More Quotes From John Lewis Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process. John Lewis ussomeprocessblood Get in trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America. John Lewis But at the end of the day, Supreme Court justices shouldn't have to make history. John Lewis Supreme Court justices believe Supreme Court justices will outwork and out-organize them and find ways to overcome voter suppression, that's been the history of Supreme Court justices experience with voting in this country -- having to overcome those barriers. John Lewis I tell friends and family, colleagues and especially young people that when you see something that's not right or fair, you have to do something, you have to speak up, you have to get in the way. John Lewis It's ridiculous. It's -- Douglas Reese know, I make jokes. But I make jokes because I'm so angry. I have to laugh, to keep from crying. John Lewis I think that Trump and the Senate leadership, Mitch McConnell, by their deeds if they so celebrate the heroism of this man, then let's go to work and pass that bill because it's laid out the way the Supreme Court asked us to lay it out. John Lewis He worked a lifetime to help others and make the world a better place in which to live. John Lewis Many of my Republican friends fear where he can take them, they feel that it may mean the destruction of the Republican Party. John Lewis Housing prices go down, crime goes up, it's ridiculous, we're going to keep America great. We're going to keep our standards. We're going to keep our history and our culture. John Lewis You can not stop the call of history, you may use troopers. You may fire hoses and water. But it can not be stopped. There can not be any turning back. We've come too far, made too much progress to stop now or to go back. The world is seeing what is happening. John Lewis When we were organizing voter-registration drives, going on the Freedom Rides, sitting in, coming here to Washington for the first time, getting arrested, going to jail, being beaten, I never thought -- I never dreamed -- of the possibility that an African American would one day be elected president of the United States. John Lewis I have been in some kind of fight -- for freedom, equality, basic human rights -- for nearly my entire life. I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now. John Lewis We do not want our freedom gradually ; we want to be free now, sometimes when I look back and think about it, how did we do what we did ? How did we succeed ? We didn't have a website. We didn't have a cellular telephone. John Lewis It would be good to have a woman of color. It would be good to have a woman, it would be good to have a woman look like the rest of America -- smart, gifted, a fighter, a warrior. And we have plenty of able women, some of black, white, Latino, Asian American, Asian American. I think the time has long past of making the White House look like the whole of America. John Lewis I may miss a few votes during this period, but with God's grace I will be back on the front lines soon. John Lewis
