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

"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."

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

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

"As I look back on that day, it is clear that it was a day when the hand of God was upon me."