Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
ROSA PARKSRacism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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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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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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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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We will really be set back if people don’t take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.
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Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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There is no future without education.
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We didn’t have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next.
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I had decided that I would not go anywhere with a piece of paper in my hand asking white folks for any favors. I had made that decision myself, as an individual.
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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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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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I will no longer act on the outside in a way that contradicts the truth that I hold deeply inside. I will no longer act as if I were less than the whole person I know myself inwardly to be.
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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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