Political Quotes

“I am really very proud to rise in support of a resolution put forward by my friend and colleague, John Lewis. This is a man who has risked his own life fighting for civil rights, helping to bridge a racial divide during one of America's worst times. This was a time when it took real courage to go out in the streets and do things. John walked with Martin and with John and with Bobby as they dealt with the threats of racial violence. There was clearly fear in everyone. Anybody who went out was fearful; if they didn't, they didn't know what they were doing. John Lewis is a towering figure who, in his own right, has left his mark in this country. And it is fitting and proper that he should bring a resolution honoring these three civil rights workers whose lives ended 44 years ago in Mississippi at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan. Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner were killed in that Freedom Summer of 1964.”