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.
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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 PARKS
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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I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
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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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I want to be treated like a human being.
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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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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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If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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We will really be set back if people don’t take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.
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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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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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