The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
ROSA PARKSGod has always given me the strength to say what is right.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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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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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.
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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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Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.
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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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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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I had decided that I would not go anywhere with a piece of paper in my hand asking white folks for any favors. I had made that decision myself, as an individual.
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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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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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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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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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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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Differences of race, nationality or religion should not be used to deny any human being citizenship rights or privileges.
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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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That was a difference between black slaves and white indentured servants. Black slaves were usually not allowed to keep their names, but were given new names by their owners.
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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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There are restroom facilities for white ladies and colored women, white men and colored men. We stand outside after being served at the same ticket counter instead of sitting on the inside.
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The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.
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