Rosa Parks

I was not looking for trouble, but I was not going to run away from it.

You don't have to be a big shot to make a difference. You just have to care.

My strength came from God. I knew he was with me.

There is no future in any job where you don't have the right to be treated with respect.

I believe in the power of the people to make change.

The time for equality is always now.

I learned to put my trust in God and to keep on going.

It was not pre-arranged. It was a spontaneous decision.

I had no special fear. It was more a decision that I had made, that I would not be moved.

I would like to see the civil rights movement become a human rights movement.

The only way to make a difference is to stand up and speak out.

Nobody can do it for you. You have to do it yourself.

I was treated as a human being. I was not treated as a Negro.

When the history of this nation is written, I hope that it will be said that we, the people, took a stand for justice and equality.

I pray and hope to God that this will be a better world.

I would rather be a free man, than a slave in paradise.

I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

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... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

I was arrested on December 1st, 1955 for refusing to stand up on the orders of the bus driver, after the white seats had been occupied in the front.

The only thing that bothered me was that we waited so long to make this protest.