Rosa Parks — "The only way to stop the racism and discriminations is to stand up and fight for…"

"I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day, but I don't think there is any such thing as complete happiness."

"The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed, I suppose."

"Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it."

"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…"

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