As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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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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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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One person can change the world.
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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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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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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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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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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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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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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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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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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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