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 people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die - the dream of freedom and peace.

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.

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

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.

Arrest me for sitting on a bus? You may do that.

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

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.