The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.
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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The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
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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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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.
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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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I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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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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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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There is no future without education.
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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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I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.
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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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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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One person can change the world.
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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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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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As long as there is unemployment, war, crime and all things that go to the infliction of man’s inhumanity to man, regardless – there is much to be done, and people need to work together.
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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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