You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
RUBY BRIDGESYou cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
RUBY BRIDGESRacism is a form of hate. We pass it on to our young people. When we do that, we are robbing children of their innocence.
RUBY BRIDGESI wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.
RUBY BRIDGESWe have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
RUBY BRIDGESThe greatest lesson I learned that year in Mrs. Henry’s class was the lesson Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to teach us all: Never judge people by the color of their skin. God makes each of us unique in ways that go much deeper.
RUBY BRIDGESMy mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.
RUBY BRIDGESWe may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.
RUBY BRIDGESI think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame.
RUBY BRIDGESA lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
RUBY BRIDGESLove is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
RUBY BRIDGESBravery knows no age or gender.
RUBY BRIDGESWhen 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.
RUBY BRIDGESI pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
RUBY BRIDGESWe stand United against Racism!
RUBY BRIDGESI believe in my prayers.
RUBY BRIDGESI believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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