Evil isn’t prejudiced. It doesn’t care what you look like; it just wants a place to rest. It’s up to you whether you give it that place.
RUBY BRIDGES
I do think that some people are born as old souls.
More Ruby Bridges Quotes
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Evil isn’t prejudiced. It doesn’t care what you look like; it just wants a place to rest. It’s up to you whether you give it that place.
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Bravery knows no age or gender.
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You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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We stand United against Racism!
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My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.
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Our elders said back then that if Black folks really wanted to see Change, they had to step up to the plate and do it themselves. Somebody has to be First. Will that be you?
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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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Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
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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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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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We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
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Today and Everyday I stand against Injustice and in solidarity with our Asian, Asian-American & Pacific Islander Brothers and Sisters.
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Racism is a form of hate. We pass it on to our young people. When we do that, we are robbing children of their innocence.
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That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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