John Lewis : (6)

" We are one people with one family. We all live in the same house… and through books, through information, we must find a way to say to people that we must lay down the burden of hate. For hate is too heavy a burden to bear. " - John Lewis

" Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves, until we end hatred and division. " - John Lewis

" In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. " - John Lewis

" We had teachers, we had high school principals, we had people teaching in colleges and university in Tuskegee, Alabama. But they were told they failed the so-called literacy test. " - John Lewis

" When I was 15 years old in 1955, I heard of Rosa Parks. I heard the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. on our radio. " - John Lewis

" Early on, I wrote a letter to the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. I was 17. I felt called, moved. " - John Lewis