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title: "1 Children Choice Quotes By Ruby Bridges"
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> [If kids have the oportunity to come together to get to know one another, they can judge for themselves who they want their friends to be. All children should have that choice. We, as adults, shouldn't make those choices for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-bridges/if-kids-have-the-oportunity-to-come-together-to-get-to-know-one/)

[Ruby Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-bridges/)

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## More by Ruby Bridges

> [My family - my mother and father had gone through such a hard time that by the time I graduated from sixth grade, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-bridges/my-family-my-mother-and-father-had-gone-through-such-a-hard-time-that/)

[Ruby Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-bridges/)

> [The people I passed every morning as I walked up the school's steps were full of hate. They were white, but so was my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-bridges/the-people-i-passed-every-morning-as-i-walked-up-the-school-s-steps/)

[Ruby Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-bridges/)

> [I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-bridges/i-was-the-first-black-child-to-desegregate-the-all-white-william/)

[Ruby Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-bridges/)

> [I believe in my prayers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-bridges/i-believe-in-my-prayers/)

[Ruby Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-bridges/)

> [As African-Americans, people of that generation felt pretty much if they were going to see changes in the world, they had to make sacrifices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-bridges/as-african-americans-people-of-that-generation-felt-pretty-much-if/)

[Ruby Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-bridges/)

> [If you really think about it, if we begin to teach history exactly the way that it happened - good, bad, ugly, no matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-bridges/if-you-really-think-about-it-if-we-begin-to-teach-history-exactly-the/)

[Ruby Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-bridges/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-bridges/evil-isn-t-prejudiced-it-doesn-t-care-what-you-look-like-it-just/)

[Ruby Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-bridges/)

> [All of our schools should be good enough to attract a healthy racial mix, which, I believe, leads to the most effective learning for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-bridges/all-of-our-schools-should-be-good-enough-to-attract-a-healthy-racial/)

[Ruby Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-bridges/)

> [We as African Americans knew that if we wanted to see change, we had to step up to the plate and make that change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-bridges/we-as-african-americans-knew-that-if-we-wanted-to-see-change-we-had/)

[Ruby Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-bridges/)

> [I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-bridges/i-believe-that-we-have-to-come-together-and-we-have-to-rely-on-the/)

[Ruby Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-bridges/)

> [My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-bridges/my-mother-had-taught-me-that-the-only-thing-you-could-depend-on-was/)

[Ruby Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-bridges/)

> [There are all kinds of monuments to adults - usually dead and usually white. But we don't often lift up the extraordinary work of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-bridges/there-are-all-kinds-of-monuments-to-adults-usually-dead-and-usually/)

[Ruby Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-bridges/)

> [You cannot look at a person and judge him or her by the color of their skin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-bridges/you-cannot-look-at-a-person-and-judge-him-or-her-by-the-color-of/)

[Ruby Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-bridges/)

> [The greatest lesson I learned that year in Mrs. Henry's class was the lesson Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to teach us all:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-bridges/the-greatest-lesson-i-learned-that-year-in-mrs-henry-s-class-was-the/)

[Ruby Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-bridges/)

> [I want to inspire kids.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-bridges/i-want-to-inspire-kids/)

[Ruby Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-bridges/)

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