I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.
ROSA PARKSWhatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.
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There is no future without education.
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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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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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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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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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One person can change the world.
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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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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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Why do you all push us around?
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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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I have spent over half my life teaching love and brotherhood, and I feel that it is better to continue to try to teach or live equality and love than it would be to have hatred or prejudice.
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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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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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