Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
ROSA PARKSRacial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
ROSA PARKSI would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.
ROSA PARKSWhen people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
ROSA PARKSI don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
ROSA PARKSVictory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?
ROSA PARKSI believe there is only one race – the human race.
ROSA PARKSThe only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.
ROSA PARKSThere is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
ROSA PARKSWhen 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.
ROSA PARKSI was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
ROSA PARKSEach person must live their life as a model for others.
ROSA PARKSWhy do you all push us around?
ROSA PARKSI 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.
ROSA PARKSNothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want to be treated.
ROSA PARKSEveryone 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.
ROSA PARKSAll I was doing was trying to get home from work.
ROSA PARKS