I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
ROSA PARKSYou cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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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 would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
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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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I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.
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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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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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As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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One person can change the world.
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The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.
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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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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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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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