Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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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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Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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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.
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Our freedom is threatened every time one of our young people is killed by another child, every time a person gets stopped and beaten by the police because of the color of their skin.
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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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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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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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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 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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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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Why do you all push us around?
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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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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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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 knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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I have spent over half my life teaching love and brotherhood, and I feel that it is better to continue to try to teach or live equality and love than it would be to have hatred or prejudice.
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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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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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