Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
ROSA PARKSHave 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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Why do you all push us around?
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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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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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We didn’t have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next.
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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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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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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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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 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 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.
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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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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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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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