Political Quotes

“Mr. President, before I begin, I would like to take a moment to honor Congressman John Lewis, who died on Friday. A leader of the civil rights movement, he was one of the 13 original Freedom Riders and an organizer of the 1963 March on Washington. He was a man of conscience, conviction, and supreme courage. ``When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to do something,'' he would say. John Lewis did something. Confronted by the great sin of segregation, John Lewis put himself front and center in the fight. He organized sit- ins. He led demonstrations. He marched for freedom. And he paid for his convictions with his blood. A man who espoused nonviolence, he suffered incredible brutality at the hands of both police officers and civilian mobs. He was attacked and beaten an untold number of times During a march in Selma, AL--on a day that lives in infamy--a police officer fractured John Lewis's skull, leaving him with a scar that he carried to the end of his life. Yet John Lewis was unbowed. No matter how many times he was attacked or what he suffered, he got up again and rejoined the fight. His death is a great loss, but John Lewis will live on in the annals of American heroes. May we all have his courage in fighting for the right. Coronavirus Mr. President, so far, Congress has provided $2.4 trillion to fight the coronavirus.…”