Each person must live their life as a model for others.
ROSA PARKSI was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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Why do you all push us around?
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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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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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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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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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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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I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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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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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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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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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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