Quotables

BY ROSA PARKS
On whether she was afraid on Dec. 1, 1955: "I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminshes fear."
(Investor's Business Daily)

On her life in the spotlight: "I have not had a quiet life, and I really could live without this publicity. I just want to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free and wanted others to be free."
(Chicago Tribune/KRT)

On taking up the cause: "It's up to the individual how they feel about it -- it's not anything that can be forced on them."
(Women's Wire)


ABOUT ROSA PARKS
"The importance of Rosa Parks in American culture is almost singular in that it's not just what she did, but God's use of her in the fullness of time. There's something divine about her."
-- Rev. Jesse Jackson
(Cincinnati Enquirer)