John Lewis

"Even if I am the last person, I will take a stand for what is right."

"The suffering of humanity began the moment someone decided their freedom was more important than another's."

"Wisdom begins in wonder."

"Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will."

"The greatest salvation is to save one soul."

"Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy."

"There are two types of laws: just and unjust."

"I've decided to stick with love because hate is too heavy a burden to carry."

"In a real sense all life is inter-related."

"The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists."

"Everybody can be great because everybody can serve."

"We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear."

"Take the first step in faith."

"Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable; it must be fought for and earned anew by each generation."

"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns."

"Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic."

"The arc of history does not automatically bend toward justice; it bends toward justice because people bend it."

"Our lives are dwarfed when we fail to dream greatly."

"To be silent is to cooperate with injustice."

"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal."

"I have watched with amazement the growth of humanism in our world."

"Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral."

"Let us be dissatisfied until every man can have food and material necessities for life."

"Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you."

"The time comes when silence is betrayal."

"Education is the great equalizer of conditions of men."

"Beauty is the only thing that makes life worth living."

"Means and ends are inseparable; the ends cannot justify any and all means whatsoever."

"A nation that continues to produce soft-minded individuals purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan."

"Let us be indefatigably constructive in our efforts to solve our problems."