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.
ROSA PARKSI did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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There is no future without education.
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I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.
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Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.
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Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
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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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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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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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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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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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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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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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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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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
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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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