I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black.
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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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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Why do you all push us around?
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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 knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
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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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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 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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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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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Since I have always been a strong believer in God, I knew that He was with me, and only He could get me through that next step.
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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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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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There is no future without education.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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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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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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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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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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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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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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