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

“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.”

“I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.”

“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 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.”

“Each person must live their life as a model for others.”

“All I was doing was trying to get home from work.”

“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”