If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
ROSA PARKSAs long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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Why do you all push us around?
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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 had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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All I was doing was trying to get home from 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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Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
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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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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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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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If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
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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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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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