I 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.
ROSA PARKSI believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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Everyone living together in peace and harmony and love – that’s the goal that we seek, and I think that the more people there are who reach that state of mind, the better we will all be.
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Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.
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I had decided that I would not go anywhere with a piece of paper in my hand asking white folks for any favors. I had made that decision myself, as an individual.
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I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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There is no future without education.
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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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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 paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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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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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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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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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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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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