I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day, but I don't think there is anything such as co… - Rosa Parks

I did not want to be mistreated, I did not want to be deprived of a seat that I had paid for. It was just time... there was an opportunity for me to take a stand to express the way I felt about being treated in that manner. I had not planned to get arrested. I had plenty to do without having to end up in jail. But when I had to face that decision, I didn't hesitate to do so because I felt that we had endured that too long. The more we gave in, the more we complied with that kind of treatment, the more oppressive it became.

I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.

From my upbringing and the Bible I learned people should stand up for rights just as the children of Israel stood up to the Pharaoh.