An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.

What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.

Why do you all push us around?

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

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.

Knowing what must be done does away with fear.

There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still. As long as a child needs help, as long as people are not free, there will be work to do. As long as an elderly person is attacked or in need of support, there is work to do. As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.