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.
RUBY BRIDGESLove is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
More Ruby Bridges Quotes
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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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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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I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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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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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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Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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We must absolutely take care of one another.
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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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We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
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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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We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
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I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
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