When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
ROSA PARKSIt takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.
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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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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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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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The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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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 talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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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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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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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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To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
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One person can change the world.
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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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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 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 knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
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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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I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.
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I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.
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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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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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