I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
ROSA PARKSIt takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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There were times when it would have been easy to fall apart or to go in the opposite direction, but somehow I felt that if I took on more step, someone would come along to join me.
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I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black.
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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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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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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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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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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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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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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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