I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.
ROSA PARKSIf 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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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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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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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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The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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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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I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
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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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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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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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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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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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