I will always work for human rights for all people.
ROSA PARKSThere is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
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What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.
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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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There 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.
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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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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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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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 had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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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 racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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There is no future without education.
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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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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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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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
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I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
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Why do you all push us around?
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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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As long as there is unemployment, war, crime and all things that go to the infliction of man’s inhumanity to man, regardless – there is much to be done, and people need to work together.
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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