Differences of race, nationality or religion should not be used to deny any human being citizenship rights or privileges.
ROSA PARKSTo bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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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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I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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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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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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One person can change the world.
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Many whites, even white Southerners told me that even though it may have seemed like the blacks were being freed (by my actions) they felt more free and at ease themselves. They thought that my action didn’t just free blacks but them, too.
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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 knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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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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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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