“Young people, as we knew very well, are willing to risk EVERYTHING for the cause.”
―
Andrew Aydin,
March: Book Two
“It's a sin and a shame before God that these people who govern us would let things come to such a sad state. But God is not dead.--Fred Shuttlesworth” ― Andrew Aydin, March: Book Two
“Lawson taught us how to protect ourselves, how to disarm our attackers by connecting with their humanity, how to protect each other, how to survive. But the hardest part to learn -- to truly understand, deep in your heart -- was how to find love for your attacker.” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“Violence does beget violence, but the opposite is also true. Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there's no fury facing it.” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“On my application, I wrote: "I know that an education is important and I hope to get one, but human dignity is the most important thing in my life. This is the most important decision in my life -- to decide to give up ALL if necessary for the freedom ride, that justice and freedom might come to the deep south.” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“Where is OUR party?! Where is the political party that will make it UNNECESSARY to march on Washington?!” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“To those who have said, 'Be patient and wait,' we have long said we CANNOT be patient. We do NOT want our freedom gradually, but we want to be FREE NOW!” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“It is essential that this Convention repudiate here and now any doctrinaire, militant minority, whether Communist, Ku Klux Klan or Bircher which would subvert this party to purposes alien to the very basic tenets which gave this party birth."Precisely one year ago today on July 14, 1963, I issued a statement wherein I warned that:"'The Republican party is in real danger of subversion by a radical, well-financed and highly disciplined minority.'"At that time I pointed out that the purpose of this minority were 'wholly alien to the sound and honest conservatism that has firmly based the Republican party in the best of a century's traditions, wholly alien to the sound and honest Republican liberalism that has kept the party abreast of human needs in a changing world, wholly alien to the broad middle course that accommodates the mainstream of Republican principles.' "Our sole concern must be the future well-being of America, and of freedom and respect for human dignity - the preservation and enhancement of these principles upon which this nation has achieved its greatness."-Nelson Rockefeller at the 1964 Republican National Convention” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“It tends to be forgotten, among the moments of drama and violence, just how many days of uneventful protest took place outside the courtrooms and jails. No one was let into the courthouse. No one was registered to vote. But the line was drawn.” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“I don't know how President Johnson can send troops to Vietnam. I don't see how he can send troops to the Congo. I don't see how we can send troops to Africa, and he can't send troops to Selma, Alabama." -John Lewis” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“I speak tonight for the dignity of man and the destiny of democracy. . . . At times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man's unending search for freedom. So it was at Lexington and Concord. So it was a century ago at Appomattox. So it was last week in Selma, Alabama.There, long-suffering men and women peacefully protested the denial of their rights as Americans. Many were brutally assaulted. One good man, a man of God, was killed.There is no cause for pride in what has happened in Selma. There is no cause for self-satisfaction in the long denial of equal rights of millions of Americans. But there is cause for hope and for faith in our democracy in what is happening here tonight.For the cries of pain and the hymns and protests of oppressed people have summoned into convocation all the majesty of this great Government--the Government of the greatest Nation on earth.Our mission is at once the oldest and the most basic of this country: to right wrong, to do justice, to serve man.In our time we have come to live with moments of great crisis. Our lives have been marked with debate about great issues; issues of war and peace, issues of prosperity and depression. But rarely in any time does an issue lay bare the secret heart of America itself. Rarely are we met with a challenge, not to our growth or abundance, our welfare or our security, but rather to the values and the purposes and the meaning of our beloved Nation.The issue of equal rights for American Negroes is such an issue. And should we defeat every enemy, should we double our wealth and conquer the stars, and still be unequal to this issue, then we will have failed as a people and as a nation.For with a country as with a person, "What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ?"There is no Negro problem. There is no Southern problem. There is no Northern problem. There is only an American problem. . . . But even if we pass this bill, the battle will not be over. What happened in Selma is part of a far larger movement which reaches into every section and State of America. It is the effort of American Negroes to secure for themselves the full blessings of American life.Their cause must be our cause too. Because it is not just Negroes, but really it is all of us, who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice.And we shall overcome."-Lyndon B. Johnson, 15 March 1965” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“This is a revolution -- a revolution that won't fire a SHOT! We come to love the HELL out of the state of Alabama!" -John Lewis” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“Young people, as we knew very well, are willing to risk EVERYTHING for the cause.” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“It's a sin and a shame before God that these people who govern us would let things come to such a sad state. But God is not dead.--Fred Shuttlesworth” ― Andrew Aydin, March: Book Two
“Lawson taught us how to protect ourselves, how to disarm our attackers by connecting with their humanity, how to protect each other, how to survive. But the hardest part to learn -- to truly understand, deep in your heart -- was how to find love for your attacker.” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“Violence does beget violence, but the opposite is also true. Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there's no fury facing it.” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“On my application, I wrote: "I know that an education is important and I hope to get one, but human dignity is the most important thing in my life. This is the most important decision in my life -- to decide to give up ALL if necessary for the freedom ride, that justice and freedom might come to the deep south.” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“Where is OUR party?! Where is the political party that will make it UNNECESSARY to march on Washington?!” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“To those who have said, 'Be patient and wait,' we have long said we CANNOT be patient. We do NOT want our freedom gradually, but we want to be FREE NOW!” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“It is essential that this Convention repudiate here and now any doctrinaire, militant minority, whether Communist, Ku Klux Klan or Bircher which would subvert this party to purposes alien to the very basic tenets which gave this party birth."Precisely one year ago today on July 14, 1963, I issued a statement wherein I warned that:"'The Republican party is in real danger of subversion by a radical, well-financed and highly disciplined minority.'"At that time I pointed out that the purpose of this minority were 'wholly alien to the sound and honest conservatism that has firmly based the Republican party in the best of a century's traditions, wholly alien to the sound and honest Republican liberalism that has kept the party abreast of human needs in a changing world, wholly alien to the broad middle course that accommodates the mainstream of Republican principles.' "Our sole concern must be the future well-being of America, and of freedom and respect for human dignity - the preservation and enhancement of these principles upon which this nation has achieved its greatness."-Nelson Rockefeller at the 1964 Republican National Convention” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“It tends to be forgotten, among the moments of drama and violence, just how many days of uneventful protest took place outside the courtrooms and jails. No one was let into the courthouse. No one was registered to vote. But the line was drawn.” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“I don't know how President Johnson can send troops to Vietnam. I don't see how he can send troops to the Congo. I don't see how we can send troops to Africa, and he can't send troops to Selma, Alabama." -John Lewis” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“I speak tonight for the dignity of man and the destiny of democracy. . . . At times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man's unending search for freedom. So it was at Lexington and Concord. So it was a century ago at Appomattox. So it was last week in Selma, Alabama.There, long-suffering men and women peacefully protested the denial of their rights as Americans. Many were brutally assaulted. One good man, a man of God, was killed.There is no cause for pride in what has happened in Selma. There is no cause for self-satisfaction in the long denial of equal rights of millions of Americans. But there is cause for hope and for faith in our democracy in what is happening here tonight.For the cries of pain and the hymns and protests of oppressed people have summoned into convocation all the majesty of this great Government--the Government of the greatest Nation on earth.Our mission is at once the oldest and the most basic of this country: to right wrong, to do justice, to serve man.In our time we have come to live with moments of great crisis. Our lives have been marked with debate about great issues; issues of war and peace, issues of prosperity and depression. But rarely in any time does an issue lay bare the secret heart of America itself. Rarely are we met with a challenge, not to our growth or abundance, our welfare or our security, but rather to the values and the purposes and the meaning of our beloved Nation.The issue of equal rights for American Negroes is such an issue. And should we defeat every enemy, should we double our wealth and conquer the stars, and still be unequal to this issue, then we will have failed as a people and as a nation.For with a country as with a person, "What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ?"There is no Negro problem. There is no Southern problem. There is no Northern problem. There is only an American problem. . . . But even if we pass this bill, the battle will not be over. What happened in Selma is part of a far larger movement which reaches into every section and State of America. It is the effort of American Negroes to secure for themselves the full blessings of American life.Their cause must be our cause too. Because it is not just Negroes, but really it is all of us, who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice.And we shall overcome."-Lyndon B. Johnson, 15 March 1965” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“This is a revolution -- a revolution that won't fire a SHOT! We come to love the HELL out of the state of Alabama!" -John Lewis” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
“Young people, as we knew very well, are willing to risk EVERYTHING for the cause.” ― Andrew Aydin John Lewis
