Lewis Quotes

When Admiral Lewis Strauss, President Truman's special assistant on atomic energy, refused to go beyond vague generalities in an interview, Alsop remarked:

Referring to Ann F. Lewis, political director of the Democratic National Committee:

The George W. Bush administration had sought to discredit and punish a vocal critic whose wife was a covert CIA operative. Despite a law that prohibited it, the Presidential and Vice Presidential Aides leaked this information to the press. A special prosecutor had investigated and found that the Vice President’s Chief of Staff had covered up the plot and obstructed justice and lied to investigators and Libby was convicted by a Jury. However, at the time, the degree of involvement of the President, the Vice President and other key administration officials was unknown and many people such as Trump agreed with several of the trial jury members that Libby was taking the fall and protecting the administration.

Carmichael was bombastic and many whites feared him and his organization. Lewis, however, a very religious young man however did much more to organize the critical Civil Rights Events and could communicate with all. After the peak of the Civil Rights movement, Carmichael lost much of his influence while Lewis was selected by the Blacks of Atlanta to represent them in Congress where he had a brilliant career—always the Christ-loving, mild-mannered leader who was supported by Christians and non-Christians alike.

Referring to Admiral Lewis Strauss, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission who was nominated by Eisenhower as Secretary of Commerce and then rejected by the Senate:

When John L. Lewis called for a miners’ strike in 1943, the Communists lashed out at him and accused him of being a Nazi sympathizer. Communist patriotism was not due to fondness for the United States and their military; in fact, before Hitler invaded Russia at the beginning of World War II, communists, for the most part, were outspoken opponents of U.S. militarism.