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Why do you all push us around?
One person can change the world.
There is no future without education.
I want to be treated like a human being.
The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
All I was trying to do was get home from work.
Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
Arrest me for sitting on a bus? You may do that.
All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
I believe there is only one race - the human race.
I will always work for human rights for all people.
I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
Each person must live their life as a model for others.
My only concern was to get home after a hard day's work.
God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
Without a vision the people perish, but without courage dreams die.
you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
It takes more than one person to bring about peace - it takes all of us.
I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
I knew someone had to take the first step. So I made up my mind not to move.
Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man's inhuman treatment of the Negro.
When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.
I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
I thought of Emmett Till, and when the bus driver ordered me to move to the back, I just couldn’t move.
As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.
Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.
Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.
I had felt for a long time that, if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit, that I would refuse to do so.
I had felt for a long time, that if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit, that I would refuse to do so.
My resisting being mistreated on the bus did not begin with that particular arrest…I did a lot of walking in Montgomery.
I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take... The line between reason and madness grows thinner.