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Congressman, Georgia's Fifth Congressional District

Atlanta, GA
johnlewis.house.gov
Joined April 2009
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  1. Aug 6

    53 years ago today, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Johnson. I shed a little blood on that bridge in Selma and friends of mine gave their lives so that no person would be denied their right to vote. Now do your part—get registered, and vote.

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  2. Aug 4

    Happy Birthday,

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  3. Jul 31

    Congratulations on 40 years of doing the hard, necessary work of keeping the American people informed. We need your voice now more than ever.

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  4. Jul 26

    These young people cannot wait until politicians see fit to face the truth and develop an immigration reform policy that helps us live up to the principles of true democracy.

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  5. Jul 16

    I am deeply disturbed by the outcome of the Helsinki summit. The leader of this nation takes an oath before God to defend this country from all enemies both foreign and domestic, but this president is not defending the American way of life.

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  6. Jul 13

    You've got to love everybody. As Dr. King used to say, you've got to love the hell out of them.

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  7. Jul 12

    To follow more of my work on the and on the House Floor, be sure to subscribe to my channel.

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  8. Jul 12

    Never give up, never give in, never give out. Keep the faith, and keep your eyes on the prize. Together, we can redeem the soul of America.

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    Jul 11

    Average working families aren’t seeing a boost from the GOP tax law, but “the top-earning 1 percent of households — those earning more than $607,000 a year — will pay a combined $111 billion less this year in federal taxes.”

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  10. Jul 11

    Hate is too heavy a burden to bear. Love is the better way.

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  11. Jul 10

    Have courage—raw courage—to stand up and speak up for those left out and left behind.

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  12. Jul 7

    57 years ago today I was released from Mississippi State Penitentiary, better known as Parchman, after being arrested in the Jackson, MS bus station for using a so-called "white" restroom during the Freedom Rides.

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  13. Jul 3

    Your vote matters. If it didn’t, why would some people keep trying to take it away?

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  14. Jul 2

    Be bold. Be courageous. Never be afraid to speak up and speak out. Together we can build a more perfect union.

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  15. Jun 30

    We are sick and tired of seeing little babies taken from their mothers. That's not right, it's not fair, and history will not be kind to us. As a nation and as a people we can do much better. We may have to turn America upside down to turn it right-side up.

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  16. Jun 30

    The right to vote is precious, almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument we have in a democratic society. We must use it.

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  17. Jun 29

    The time is always right to do right. Find a way to get in the way and we will make a way out of no way.

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  18. Jun 28

    There is no sound more powerful than the marching feet of a determined people.

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  19. Jun 27

    Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.

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  20. Jun 26

    I never thought I would live to see a day when the Supreme Court of the United States would again make a decision as inhumane as Dred Scott v. Sandford or Korematsu v. United States.

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