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title: "1 Mardi gras Quotes By Ruby Bridges"
description: "1 Mardi gras quotes by Ruby Bridges. Plus more from Ruby Bridges and more Mardi gras sayings from other authors."
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> [I remember turning onto the street. I saw barricades and police officers and, just, people everywhere. When I saw all of that, I immediately thought that it was Mardi Gras. I had no idea that they were here to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-bridges/i-remember-turning-onto-the-street-i-saw-barricades-and-police/)

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

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## Other authors on Mardi gras

- [Mardi Gras 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mardi-gras/mardi-gras/)

## 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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