You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
RUBY BRIDGESI want to inspire kids.
More Ruby Bridges Quotes
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I want to inspire kids.
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I wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.
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When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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If you really think about it, if we begin to teach history exactly the way that it happened – good, bad, ugly, no matter what – I believe that we’re going to find that we are closer, more connected than we are apart.
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Bravery knows no age or gender.
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Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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Evil looks like you and I. I know what evil looks like, and I know that it comes in all shades and colors.
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We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.
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My mother and our pastor always said you have to pray for your enemies and people who do you wrong, and that’s what I did.
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I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame.
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I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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We must absolutely take care of one another.
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When I think about our babies today and them not being safe in school, I think that should be the next civil rights movement, you know, is to ban the assault weapons so that our babies can be safe.
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