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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.

Rosa Parks

When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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Action Change Freedom Inspirational Mind People Want
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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Civilization Exist Matter Right Survival
My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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Business Concern Dedication Home Work
That was a difference between black slaves and white indentured servants. Black slaves were usually not allowed to keep their names, but were given new names by their owners.
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Allow Black Lives Matter Difference Servant Slave
Everyone 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.
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Goals Harmony Live Love Mind Peace People Seek Thinking Togetherness
Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?
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Defeat Nation Powerful Revolution Slogan Victory
Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want to be treated.
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Courtesy Kindness Respect Rule Treat
Differences of race, nationality or religion should not be used to deny any human being citizenship rights or privileges.
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Citizenship Difference Human Privilege Race Religion Right
No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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Business Entrepreneur Give Up Inspirational One Liner Tired
I want to be treated like a human being.
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Human One Liner Self Respect Treatment
I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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Believe Business Human Motivational One Liner Race
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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Decide Declutter Folk Hands Individual Paper
People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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Euality Freedom Mind Need People Prejudice Race Racism
I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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Consent Die Giving Ready Self Respect
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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Happiness Life Need
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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Black Lives Matter Dignity Person Self Respect

All I was doing was trying to get home from work.

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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.

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