As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
ROSA PARKSTime begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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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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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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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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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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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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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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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I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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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 don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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