John Lewis Quotes

I've worked for everything I've had, and I can't think of a better way of using it than standing up for what's right, and what's required to build a better society.

We pave the sunlit path toward justice together, brick by brick. This is my brick.

I believe we can make progress on bringing true equality and fairness back to our government if we continue to work together and make our voices heard.

The essence of Ferguson is the spirit of the people, and I'm so happy to see the spirit because I haven't seen it like that since the Civil Rights Movement.

If we won't fight injustice wherever we see it, then we are not safe from suffering injustice ourselves.

I know we have to have people of good conscience who stand up against oppression. I know we have to have people who understand that social justice belongs to us all. And that wakes me up every morning, and that makes me fight even harder.

Children teach us to be courageous and to stand up against injustice.

It is time to stop waiting for someone to save us. It is time to face the truth of our situation - that we're all in this together, that we all have a voice - and figure out how to mobilize the hearts and minds of everyone in our workplaces and communities.

If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.

We must all work in harmony with each other to stand up for what is right, to speak up for what is fair, and to always voice any corrections so that the ignorant become informed and justice is never ignored. Every time a person allows an act of ignorance to happen, they delay our progress for true change. Every person, molecule and thing matters. We become responsible for the actions of others the instant we become conscious of what they are doing wrong and fail to remind them of what is right.

One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.

A movement is only composed of people moving. To feel its warmth and motion around us is the end as well as the means.

Solidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be.

Individuals can resist injustice, but only a community can do justice.

Do you know what social justice is? Do you know what social reform is? I didn't either, but reform and social justice are what I intend to do.

Don't stand back with your arms folded; step forward... There is hope and light to resist injustice and promote peace without violence.

We have to realize we are building a movement.

Security isn't what I hunger for. I hunger for change. I hunger for connection.

I think it is incumbent on all human beings to oppose injustice in every form.

The coming together of like-minded individuals through action is what's needed to see wide spread change for us, our planet and its creatures.

Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change.

Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It's the impetus for creating change.

No one who passively endures an injustice against himself has the material in him to struggle for the rights of others. The one who patiently forbears becomes an accessory to the injustice done to others. He who resists the injustice which he himself meets can open up the way to a higher right for others.

Today, I see thousands of Mahatma Gandhis, Martin Luther Kings, and Nelson Mandelas marching forward and calling on us. The boys and girls have joined. I have joined in. We ask you to join, too.

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.