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.
ROSA PARKSEach person must live their life as a model for others.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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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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Why do you all push us around?
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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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There is no future without education.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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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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Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?
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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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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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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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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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