"I felt that I had a right to stay where I was. I just felt that I had been there long enough, and I was not going to move."

"I had no idea when I refused to give up my seat on that Montgomery bus that my small action would help put an end to the segregation laws in the South."

"I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people."

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