I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
ROSA PARKSI will no longer act on the outside in a way that contradicts the truth that I hold deeply inside. I will no longer act as if I were less than the whole person I know myself inwardly to be.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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When the history of this country is written, when a final accounting is done, it is this small, quiet woman whose name will be remembered long after the names of senators and presidents have been forgotten.
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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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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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.
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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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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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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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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’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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