I will no longer act on the outside in a way that contradicts the truth that I hold deeply inside. I will no longer act as if I were less than the whole person I know myself inwardly to be.
ROSA PARKSI would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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Why do you all push us around?
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I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
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Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
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The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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As long as there is unemployment, war, crime and all things that go to the infliction of man’s inhumanity to man, regardless – there is much to be done, and people need to work together.
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There is no future without education.
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Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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When the history of this country is written, when a final accounting is done, it is this small, quiet woman whose name will be remembered long after the names of senators and presidents have been forgotten.
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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
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Since I have always been a strong believer in God, I knew that He was with me, and only He could get me through that next step.
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Everyone living together in peace and harmony and love – that’s the goal that we seek, and I think that the more people there are who reach that state of mind, the better we will all be.
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I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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Our freedom is threatened every time one of our young people is killed by another child, every time a person gets stopped and beaten by the police because of the color of their skin.
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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.
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I think when you say you’re happy, you have everything that you need and everything that you want, and nothing more to wish for.
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What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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We will really be set back if people don’t take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.
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