I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free..

Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it..

Why do you all push us around?.

There is no future without education..

I am leaving this legacy to all of you...to bring peace, justice, equality, love and a fulfillment of what our lives should be. Without vision, the p….

Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground..

you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right..

People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in..

Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want….

One person can change the world..

The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed..

It is better to protest than to accept injustice..

I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home..

There is a lack of interest in voting in the United States, and that troubles me. It is very necessary that people get registered, study the issues a….

I want to be treated like a human being..

I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen..

As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done..

I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day, but I don't think there is anything such as co….

You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in..

Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community..

Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?.