"People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, al…"

"I had been pushed around all my life and felt at this moment that I couldn’t take it anymore."

"There were times when it would have been easy to give up, but I knew that if I did, others would suffer."

"I would like to see a world where everyone is treated equally and fairly."

"The struggle for freedom and justice is a never-ending one."