I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
ROSA PARKSWe 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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Differences of race, nationality or religion should not be used to deny any human being citizenship rights or privileges.
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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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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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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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Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.
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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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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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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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I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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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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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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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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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