I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
ROSA PARKSThere are restroom facilities for white ladies and colored women, white men and colored men. We stand outside after being served at the same ticket counter instead of sitting on the inside.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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One person can change the world.
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Since I have always been a strong believer in God, I knew that He was with me, and only He could get me through that next step.
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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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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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There were times when it would have been easy to fall apart or to go in the opposite direction, but somehow I felt that if I took on more step, someone would come along to join me.
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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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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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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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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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