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

"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 tired of gi…"

"The time had come for someone to take a stand, and I decided that I would be that someone."

"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."

"We need to remove the barriers that separate us."