As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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As long as there is unemployment, war, crime and all things that go to the infliction of man’s inhumanity to man, regardless – there is much to be done, and people need to work together.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.
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Many whites, even white Southerners told me that even though it may have seemed like the blacks were being freed (by my actions) they felt more free and at ease themselves. They thought that my action didn’t just free blacks but them, too.
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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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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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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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I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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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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I 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.
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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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