Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
ROSA PARKSI was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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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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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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Racism 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.
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If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.
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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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To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
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I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.
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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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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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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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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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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 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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