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John Lewis

American Politician

Born: Feb 21, 1940

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When I was 15 years old and in the tenth grade, I heard of Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years later, when I was 18, I met Dr. King and we became friends. Two years after that I became very involved in the civil rights movement. I was in college at that time. As I got more and more involved, I saw politics as a means of bringing about change. John Lewis

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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. John Lewis

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When you make mistakes, when you're wrong, you should admit you're wrong and ask people to forgive you. John Lewis

You People Mistakes Admit Wrong Make Forgive Ask Should

Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it. John Lewis

Be Happy Happy Become Bitter Never Go Go For It Just Process

You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right. John Lewis

Home You Something Wrong Feel Cannot Right

I always felt growing up that in the South there was evil but also good - so much good. John Lewis

Good Evil Also Felt Always South Up Much Growing Growing Up

I travel all the time, but when I come back to the South, I see such progress. In a real sense, a great deal of the South has been redeemed. People feel freer, more complete, more whole, because of what happened in the movement. John Lewis

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I grew up very poor in rural Alabama. John Lewis

Rural Up Very Grew Poor Alabama

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

Speak Opportunity Honored August

Without our faith, we wouldn't have been able to succeed. On many occasions, before we'd go out on a sit-in, before we went on the freedom ride, before we marched from Selma to Montgomery, we would sing a song or say a prayer. Without our faith, without the spirit and spiritual bearings and underpinning, we would not have been so successful. John Lewis

The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. made me very, very sad, and I mourned and I cried like many of our citizens did. John Lewis

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I don't think Trump really believes in all this stuff. But he thinks this would be his ticket to the White House - at least to get the Republican nomination. John Lewis

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Comics, in a sense, the style, the images - it's almost like music. They say music is a universal language, but when the eyes behold something, a figure, somebody moving; it's real, and it cannot be denied. John Lewis

The press is supposed to serve as a check on government. John Lewis

Government Press Check Supposed Serve

I do not agree with what Mr. Snowden did. He has damaged American international relations and compromised our national security. He leaked classified information and may have jeopardized human lives. That must be condemned. John Lewis

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Who gets the bird, the hunter or the dog? John Lewis

Dog Bird Hunter Gets Who

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

Government Duty State Both Federal Reasonable

When I was a student, I studied philosophy and religion. I talked about being patient. Some people say I was too hopeful, too optimistic, but you have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence. John Lewis

Too many of us still believe our differences define us. John Lewis

Differences Believe Too Our Define Still Us Many

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