There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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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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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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 don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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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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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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I want to be treated like a human being.
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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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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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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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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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Our freedom is threatened every time one of our young people is killed by another child, every time a person gets stopped and beaten by the police because of the color of their skin.
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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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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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