Rosa Parks

I thought of Emmett Till, and when the bus driver ordered me to move to the back, I just couldn’t move.

Rosa Parks

I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.

Rosa Parks

I will always work for human rights for all people.

Rosa Parks

I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.

Rosa Parks

I’d see the bus pass every day… But to me, that was a way of life; we had no choice but to accept what was the custom. The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.

Rosa Parks

If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.

Rosa Parks

It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.

Rosa Parks

My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.

Rosa Parks

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 to be treated.

Rosa Parks

Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.

Rosa Parks