国会议员和民权偶像约翰·刘易斯星期五去世，享年80岁。
在这位民权偶像死后，世界领导人、政治家和名人都向他致敬。
刘易斯在一次常规医疗检查显示他患有4期胰腺癌后7个月去世。众议院议长南希·佩洛西和国会黑人核心小组证实了他的死讯。
自1987年以来，他代表佐治亚州第五国会选区。
让我们来看看政治家、名人和世界领导人是如何悼念刘易斯的:
前总统巴拉克·奥巴马
“美国是一个不断进步的国家。给每一代新人的目的是继承上一代未完成的工作，并把它发扬光大——为正确的事情大声疾呼，挑战不公平的现状，想象一个更美好的世界。约翰·刘易斯是最早的自由骑士之一，学生非暴力协调委员会主席，华盛顿游行中最年轻的发言人，从塞尔玛到蒙哥马利游行的领导者，代表佐治亚州人民33年的国会议员，他不仅承担了这一责任，而且把这作为他一生的工作。”声明。
“在很多方面，约翰的生活都是与众不同的。但是他从来不相信他所做的超过了这个国家的任何一个公民所能做的。他相信我们每个人都有巨大的勇气，渴望做正确的事，愿意爱所有的人，并给予他们上帝赋予的尊严和尊重。”“这是因为他看到了我们所有人的最好的一面，他将继续，甚至在他去世的时候，作为一个灯塔，在通往一个更完美的联盟的漫长旅程。”
(档案)在这张摄于2011年2月14日的档案照片中，美国众议员约翰·路易斯(右)于2011年2月15日在DC华盛顿的白宫东厅活动中被奥巴马总统授予2010年自由勋章。——众议院同事2020年7月17日说，约翰·刘易斯，这位非暴力的民权战士，曾与马丁·路德·金一起游行，在担任美国国会议员数十年前，差点被警察殴打致死，享年80岁。2019年12月，他被诊断患有胰腺癌。亚历克斯·王/法新社通过盖蒂图像
前总统比尔·克林顿
“约翰·刘易斯竭尽所能，挽回了美国未兑现的平等和公正的承诺，为我们创造了一个共同建立一个更加完美的联邦的地方。”这样他就成了国家的良心。”
约翰·刘易斯竭尽全力挽回美国未兑现的平等和正义的承诺，为我们创造一个共同建立一个更加完美的联邦的地方。这样，他成了国家的良心。
—比尔·克林顿(@BillClinton)2020年7月18日
国会黑人核心小组
“这个世界已经失去了一个传说;民权运动失去了一个偶像，亚特兰大市失去了一位最无畏的领袖，国会黑人核心小组失去了我们任期最长的成员。该组织在一份声明中说:“国会黑人核心小组被称为国会的良心。”“约翰·刘易斯是我们核心小组的良心。”刘易斯一直是正义的斗士，他最近参观了位于华盛顿州DC的黑人生活物质广场。他的出现鼓励了新一代的积极分子“大声疾呼”，并陷入“麻烦之中”，继续朝着正义和自由的方向努力。”
众议院议长南希·佩洛西
众议院议长南希·佩洛西是刘易斯的长期同事，她说这位民权偶像是“美国历史上最伟大的英雄之一。”
佩洛西在周五晚上的一份声明中说:“约翰·刘易斯是民权运动的巨人，他的善良、信念和勇敢改变了我们的国家——从他在午餐柜台和自由乘车上遭遇歧视的决心，到他年轻时在埃德蒙·佩图斯桥(Edmund Pettus Bridge)直面暴力和死亡时表现出的勇气，再到他为国会带来了30多年的道德领导力。”
“约翰·刘易斯一生中的每一天都致力于为所有人带来自由和正义。正如他57年前在华盛顿游行时站在林肯纪念堂的阴影下所说的那样:“我们的思想、灵魂和心灵不能安息，除非所有人都享有自由和正义。”在与癌症斗争的最后几个星期，约翰鼓起勇气参加了和平抗议活动，这是多么合适啊!在这些活动中，最新一代的美国人涌上街头，投身于尚未完成的种族正义事业。”
在这张2019年10月24日的档案照片中，民主党众议员约翰·刘易斯。，准备向马里兰州众议员以利亚·卡明斯致敬，他在华盛顿美国国会山的追悼会上躺在州内。梅丽娜·玛拉/华盛顿邮报，美联社，普尔，档案
伊丽莎白·沃伦参议员
“约翰·刘易斯是一位真正的美国英雄，是我们国家的道德指南针。”愿他的勇气和信念在我们继续为正义和机会制造麻烦的时候永存。
安息吧，约翰，”沃伦在一份声明中说。
约翰·刘易斯是一位真正的美国英雄，也是我们国家的道德指南针。愿他的勇气和信念在我们继续为正义和机会制造麻烦的时候永存。
安息吧，约翰。
——伊丽莎白·沃伦(@森沃伦)2020年7月18日
参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默
舒默在推特上写道:“从在塞尔玛游行到在众议院服务，众议员约翰·刘易斯一生都在为每一个美国人争取民权。”“他是美国英雄和巨人。我们都因他制造的“好麻烦”而变得更好。安息吧，约翰。”
从在塞尔玛游行到在众议院服务，众议员约翰·刘易斯一生都在为每一个美国人争取民权。他是美国英雄和巨人。我们都因他制造的“好麻烦”而变得更好。安息吧，约翰。
——查克·舒默(@SenSchumer)2020年7月18日
马丁·路德·金三世
“约翰·刘易斯是美国的财富。他给了无声者一个声音，他提醒我们每个人，最强大的非暴力工具是投票。”“没有朋友，我们的心是空虚的，但知道他终于自由了，我们感到安慰。”
约翰·刘易斯是美国的财富。
他给了无声者一个声音，他提醒我们每个人，最强大的非暴力工具是投票。
没有朋友，我们的心会感到空虚，但知道他终于自由了，我们会感到安慰。
—马丁·路德·金三世(@官方语言3)2020年7月18日
档案-在这个星期三，2007年10月10日，档案照片，以国会大厦圆顶为背景，美国众议员约翰·刘易斯，佐治亚州。在华盛顿的国会山。刘易斯于2020年7月17日星期五去世，他将反对种族歧视的斗争从20世纪60年代的南方战场带到了国会大厅。劳伦斯·杰克逊/美联社
苹果首席执行官蒂姆·库克
“我们失去了一位美国英雄。约翰·刘易斯引导我们走向一个更加正义的世界。他在塞尔玛游行，在华盛顿游行——他为我们所有人游行。他一生的工作塑造了我们的历史，他的遗产激励我们继续为种族平等和正义而奋斗。”
慈善家比尔·盖茨
“这是美国的巨大损失，也是所有相信让世界变得更加公正的人的巨大损失。约翰·刘易斯不仅看到了我们的国家可以变得更好——他从未停止努力让它变得更好。我们比以往任何时候都更需要像他这样的领导人。”
前参议员、国务卿希拉里·克林顿
“从阿拉巴马州的一个小农场，到在民权运动中冒着生命危险的服务，再到在国会任职的30年，他总是‘顺风而行’，由一个道德罗盘指引，告诉他什么时候制造好麻烦，什么时候平息风波。”美国前总统克林顿和希拉里在一份联合声明中说:“约翰·刘易斯始终信守自己的诺言、信念和原则，他成了美国的良心。”
参议院多数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔
麦康奈尔在周五晚上的一份声明中说:“我永远不会忘记，在2008年纪念约翰的朋友马丁·路德·金博士的仪式上，当国会议员们唱起《我们将战胜一切》时，我和约翰携手共进。想到他所遭受的苦难和牺牲，我感到无比的羞愧，这样的话就可以在那个地方唱出。”“金博士有句名言‘道德宇宙的弧线很长，但它向正义弯曲’。”但是进步不是自动的。我们伟大国家的历史只向正义倾斜，因为像约翰·刘易斯这样的伟人自己承担了帮助它的责任。我们的国家永远不会忘记这位美国英雄。"
卡马拉·哈里斯参议员
“今年3月，我很荣幸再次与众议员刘易斯在阿拉巴马州的塞尔玛市欢聚一堂，这将是他最后一次步行穿过埃德蒙·佩特斯大桥。就在55年前，路易斯还是那些被州警殴打的人之一，当时他们正勇敢地从塞尔玛前往蒙哥马利争取投票权。”我被他的话感动了:“在这座桥上，我们中的一些人献出了一点鲜血来帮助救赎美国的灵魂。我们的国家是一个更好的国家。这位加州参议员在周五的一份声明中说:“我们是一个更好的民族，但是在我们到达那里之前，我们还有很长的路要走。”
“我们很感激约翰·刘易斯从未忘记我们的国家有多伟大。他把进步和正义的接力棒举到了最后。现在轮到我们捡起来继续前进了。我们必须永不放弃，永不屈服，并保持信念。”
有色人种协进会
“我们对约翰·刘易斯的逝世深感悲痛。他一生追求正义、平等和自由的使命给我们的国家和世界留下了永久的印象。全国有色人种协进会在一份声明中说:“全国有色人种协进会向他的家人表达我们最诚挚的哀悼，我们向所有人祈祷安慰和力量。”
我们对约翰·刘易斯的去世深感悲痛。他一生追求正义、平等和自由的使命给我们的国家和世界留下了永久的印象。全国有色人种协进会向他的家人表达我们最诚挚的哀悼，我们向所有人祈祷安慰和力量。
——有色人种协进会(@有色人种协进会)2020年7月18日
World leaders, politicians pay homage to civil rights icon John Lewis following his death
Congressman and civil rights iconJohn Lewisdied at the age of 80 Friday.
World leaders, politicians and celebrities alike are paying homage the civil rights icon following the news of his death.
Lewis died seven months after a routine medical visit revealed that he had stage 4 pancreatic cancer. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Congressional Black Caucus confirmed the news of his death.
He represented Georgia's 5th Congressional District since 1987.
Here's a look at how politicians, celebrities and world leaders are mourning Lewis' death:
Former President Barack Obama
"America is a constant work in progress. What gives each new generation purpose is to take up the unfinished work of the last and carry it further — to speak out for what’s right, to challenge an unjust status quo, and to imagine a better world. John Lewis — one of the original Freedom Riders, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the youngest speaker at the March on Washington, leader of the march from Selma to Montgomery, Member of Congress representing the people of Georgia for 33 years — not only assumed that responsibility, he made it his life’s work," Obama, who awarded Lewis the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011, said in astatement.
"In so many ways, John’s life was exceptional. But he never believed that what he did was more than any citizen of this country might do. He believed that in all of us, there exists the capacity for great courage, a longing to do what’s right, a willingness to love all people, and to extend to them their God-given rights to dignity and respect," Obama's statement continued. "And it’s because he saw the best in all of us that he will continue, even in his passing, to serve as a beacon in that long journey towards a more perfect union."
Former President Bill Clinton
"John Lewis gave all he had to redeem America’s unmet promise of equality and justice for all, and to create a place for us to build a more perfect union together. In so doing he became the conscience of the nation," Clinton tweeted.
John Lewis gave all he had to redeem America’s unmet promise of equality and justice for all, and to create a place for us to build a more perfect union together. In so doing he became the conscience of the nation.
— Bill Clinton (@BillClinton)July 18, 2020
Congressional Black Caucus
"The world has lost a legend; the civil rights movement has lost an icon, the City of Atlanta has lost one of its most fearless leaders, and the Congressional Black Caucus has lost our longest serving member. The Congressional Black Caucus is known as the Conscience of the Congress," the organization said in a statement. "John Lewis was known as the conscience of our caucus. A fighter for justice until the end, Mr. Lewis recently visited Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington DC. His mere presence encouraged a new generation of activists to “speak up and speak out” and get into “good trouble” to continue bending the arc toward justice and freedom."
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a longtime colleague of Lewis, said the civil rights icon was "one of the greatest heroes of American history."
"John Lewis was a titan of the civil rights movement whose goodness, faith and bravery transformed our nation – from the determination with which he met discrimination at lunch counters and on Freedom Rides, to the courage he showed as a young man facing down violence and death on Edmund Pettus Bridge, to the moral leadership he brought to the Congress for more than 30 years," Pelosi said in a statement Friday night.
"Every day of John Lewis’s life was dedicated to bringing freedom and justice to all. As he declared 57 years ago during the March on Washington, standing in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial: ‘Our minds, souls, and hearts cannot rest until freedom and justice exist for all the people.’ How fitting it is that even in the last weeks of his battle with cancer, John summoned the strength to visit the peaceful protests where the newest generation of Americans had poured into the streets to take up the unfinished work of racial justice," her statement continued.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren
"John Lewis was a true American hero and the moral compass of our nation. May his courage and conviction live on in all of us as we continue to make good trouble for justice and opportunity.
Rest in power, John," Warren said in a statement.
John Lewis was a true American hero and the moral compass of our nation. May his courage and conviction live on in all of us as we continue to make good trouble for justice and opportunity.
Rest in power, John.
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren)July 18, 2020
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
"From marching in Selma to serving in the House, Representative John Lewis spent his life fighting for civil rights for every single American," Schumer tweeted. "He is an American hero and a giant. And we are all better for the "good trouble" he made. Rest in peace, John."
From marching in Selma to serving in the House, Representative John Lewis spent his life fighting for civil rights for every single American. He is an American hero and a giant. And we are all better for the "good trouble" he made. Rest in peace, John.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer)July 18, 2020
Martin Luther King III
"John Lewis was an American treasure. He gave a voice to the voiceless, and he reminded each of us that the most powerful nonviolent tool is the vote," King, whose father was a close friend to Lewis, said in a statement Friday. "Our hearts feel empty without our friend, but we find comfort knowing that he is free at last."
John Lewis was an American treasure.
He gave a voice to the voiceless, and he reminded each of us that the most powerful nonviolent tool is the vote.
Our hearts feel empty without our friend, but we find comfort knowing that he is free at last.
— Martin Luther King III (@OfficialMLK3)July 18, 2020
Apple CEO Tim Cook
"We have lost an American hero. John Lewis guided us toward a more righteous world. He marched in Selma, he marched on Washington—he marched for us all. His life's work shaped our history and his legacy inspires us to continue the march for racial equity and justice," the Apple CEO tweeted.
Philanthropist Bill Gates
"This is a great loss for America, and for everyone who believes in making the world a more just place. John Lewis not only saw that our country could be better--he never stopped working to make it that way. We need leaders like him more than ever," Gates said in a statement Friday.
Former Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
"From a small farm in Alabama, to life-risking service in the civil rights movement, to three decades in Congress, he was always 'walking with the wind,' steered by a moral compass that told him when to make good trouble and when to heal troubled waters. Always true to his word, his faith and his principles, John Lewis became the conscience of the nation," Hillary Clinton said in a joint statement with former President Bill Clinton.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
"I will never forget joining hands with John as members of Congress sang We Shall Overcome at a 2008 ceremony honoring his friend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It could not have been more humbling to consider what he had suffered and sacrificed so those words could be sung in that place," McConnell said in a statement Friday night. "Dr. King famously said 'the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.' But progress is not automatic. Our great nation’s history has only bent towards justice because great men like John Lewis took it upon themselves to help bend it. Our nation will never forget this American hero."
Sen. Kamala Harris
"It was an honor to once again join Congressman Lewis this year in Selma, Alabama in March for what would be his final walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where just 55 years ago, Lewis was among those beaten by state troopers as they bravely marched from Selma to Montgomery for the right to vote. I was moved by his words: ‘On this bridge, some of us gave a little blood to help redeem the soul of America. Our country is a better country. We are a better people, but we have still a distance to travel to go before we get there,'" the California senator said in a statement Friday.
“We are grateful that John Lewis never lost sight of how great our country can be. He carried the baton of progress and justice to the very end. It now falls on us to pick it up and march on. We must never give up, never give in, and keep the faith," she said.
NAACP
"We are deeply saddened by the passing of John Lewis. His life-long mission for justice, equality and freedom left a permanent impression on our nation and world. The NAACP extends our sincerest condolences to his family, and we send prayers of comfort and strength to all," the organization said in a statement.
We are deeply saddened by the passing of John Lewis. His life-long mission for justice, equality and freedom left a permanent impression on our nation and world. The NAACP extends our sincerest condolences to his family, and we send prayers of comfort and strength to all.
— NAACP (@NAACP)July 18, 2020
