RUBY BRIDGES QUOTE ON KIDS
None of our kids come into the world knowing anything about disliking one another. —Ruby Bridges
Kids really don’t care about what their friends look like. —Ruby Bridges
That’s really what my work is all aboutbringing kids together. —Ruby Bridges
Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts. —Ruby Bridges
When the scary subject of race is finally broached, kids want to talk and talk. It’s very satisfying. —Ruby Bridges
We all have a common enemy, and it’s evil. —Ruby Bridges
Evil looks like you and I. I know what evil looks like, and I know that it comes in all shades and colors. —Ruby Bridges
RUBY BRIDGES QUOTE ON CHILDREN
We have to take care of each other’s children. —Ruby Bridges
I like to share my story with children, and they are amazed by the story. —Ruby Bridges
It’s time to get past our racial differences. We owe it to our children to help them keep their clean start. —Ruby Bridges
RUBY BRIDGES QUOTE ON RACISM
I think that racism is ugly and so unfair, and I believe that we all need one another. —RUBY BRIDGES
Our babies know nothing about hate or racism. But soon they begin to learnand only from us. —Ruby Bridges
We keep racism alive. We pass it on to our children. I think that is very sad. —Ruby Bridges
I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame. —Ruby Bridges
Racism is a grown–up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it. —Ruby Bridges
It’s taken me a long time to own the early part of my life. —Ruby Bridges
MORE QUOTES ON RUBY BRIDGES QUOTE
I’m the mother of four. —RUBY BRIDGES
I believe in my prayers. —Ruby Bridges
I’m not a very public person. —Ruby Bridges
We must absolutely take care of one another. —Ruby Bridges
I do think that some people are born as old souls. —Ruby Bridges
I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them. —Ruby Bridges
If my mama said not to do something, I didn’t do it. —Ruby Bridges
What we, as African Americans, stood on was our faith. —RUBY BRIDGES
Schools should be diverse if we are to get past racial differences. —Ruby Bridges
From age 7 to about 37, I had a normal life and not a very easy one. —RUBY BRIDGES
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave. —Ruby Bridges
You cannot look at a person and judge him or her by the color of their skin. —Ruby Bridges
Wisdom is a gift but has nothing to do with age. That was probably the case with me. —Ruby Bridges
Throughout my life, my prayers have actively sustained meheld me up, carried me through. —Ruby Bridges
I had never seen a white teacher before, but Mrs. Henry was the nicest teacher I ever had. —Ruby Bridges
My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that. —Ruby Bridges
Somehow, it always worked. Kneeling at the side of my bed and talking to the Lord made everything okay. —Ruby Bridges
We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people. —Ruby Bridges
We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society. —Ruby Bridges