Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
RUBY BRIDGESThat’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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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We stand United against Racism!
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Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Bravery knows no age or gender.
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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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Today and Everyday I stand against Injustice and in solidarity with our Asian, Asian-American & Pacific Islander Brothers and Sisters.
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That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
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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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Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.
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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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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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I wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.
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I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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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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You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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I believe in my prayers.
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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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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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Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
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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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I want to inspire kids.
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We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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