“It's not just Barack Obama, but I doubt Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton w...” — John Lewis Quote

“It's not just Barack Obama, but I doubt Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton would have made it to the White House without Selma.”

“I believe in forgiveness; I believe in trying to work with people.”

“The party of Kennedy is also the party of Eastland. The party of Javits is also the party of Goldwater.”

“I travel all the time, but when I come back to the South, I see such progress. In a real sense, a great deal of the South has been redeemed. People feel freer, more complete, more whole, because of what happened in the movement.”

“Without the Sisters of St. Joseph, I might not be standing here.”

“A few days after Bloody Sunday, there was demonstration in more than 80 American cities. People were demanding that the government act.”

“The person who takes the oath of office in the next four months will shape not just the next four years, but the next forty years of our nation. In these next four years, we need proven leadership, proven judgment and proven values. America needs four more years of President Barack Obama.”

“Though there are many differences between Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter, they are strikingly similar in their poor economic records and even more so in their shared pessimism and bearishness on America.”

“The Constitution I uphold and defend is the one I carry in my pocket all the time, the U.S. Constitution. I don't know what Constitution that other members of Congress uphold, but it's not this one. I think the only Constitution that Barack Obama upholds is the Soviet constitution, not this one.”

“In general, Barack Hussein Obama brings us face to face with the discomfort our society feels with this idea of difference.”

“If Barack Obama weren't a U.S. citizen, I'm sure Bill and Hillary Clinton would have figured that out by now.”