Persons of the Year 2005

Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Bono: three people on a global mission to end poverty, disease — and indifference

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Rosa Parks

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"I wasn't tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."

— Civil rights hero, indicating that her decision to sit in the white section of the bus was an act of defiance. (This photo, a re-creation, became iconic)

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