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

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

I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.

I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.

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.

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.

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 and be aware of the politics of our country. We will really be set back if people don't take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.