Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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There are restroom facilities for white ladies and colored women, white men and colored men. We stand outside after being served at the same ticket counter instead of sitting on the inside.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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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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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.
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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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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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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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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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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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I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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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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