Culture, but john always said he always saw the best in us and he said that as long as he had a breath in his body he would do he never gave up and never everything he could to preserve this democracy. Stopped speaking out because he saw the best in us. And as long as we have breath in our bodies we had to continue he believes in us even when we didnt believe in ourselves. His cause. If we want our children to grow and as a congressman he didnt up in a democracy, not just with rest, he kept getting himself arrested. As an old man, he didnt sit out elections but a true democracy, any fight. Sat in all night long on the a representative democracy, in a floor of the United States capitol. I know his staff was stressed. Big hearted, tolerant, vibrant, inclusive america of perpetual but the testing of his faith self creation, then were going to have to be more like john. Produced perseverance. We dont have to do all the he knew that the march was not things he had to do because he did them
Remarks from three former president s, george w. Bush, bill clinton, and barack obama. Live coverage is here on cspan3. Amen. This is john lewis favorite poem, invictus. Out of the night that covers me, black as a pit from pole to pole, i think whatever god may be to my inconquerable soul. In the fell clutches of circumstance, i have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeons of chance, my head is bloody, but im bound. Beyond this place looms but the horror of the shade. And yet menace of the years finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how straight the gate, how charged with punishment the scroll, im the master of my fate. Im the captain of my soul. John lewis was my hero and my friend, lets honor him by getting in good trouble. [ applause ] only the inconquerable spirit and the magnanimous soul of john lewis could summon all of us together in this place at this time. Only john lewis could compel three living american president s to come to this house of god. To celebra
Betty ford spoke her mind. Prochoice and a supporter of the equal rights amendment, she and president gerald ford openly discussed her experience with Breast Cancer. For much of her familys public life, she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency, and confronting it defined her postwhite house years. Good evening and welcome to cspans series first ladies influence and image. Tonight well tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of gerald ford. Here for the next 90 minutes to tell her story is Richard Norton smith, president ial historian. If youve been watching our series, you know him. Hes one of the academic advisers for the project. Hes launched a number of president ial libraries, among them the gerald r. Ford library in michigan. You developed a relationship with the fords. So, you bring that to the table as well. Sure, in interest of full disclosure, i try to be as objective as possible. But i was very fortunate to become friends with both of the fords. But we want to st
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