Each person must live their life as a model for others.
ROSA PARKSI talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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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.
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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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I think when you say you’re happy, you have everything that you need and everything that you want, and nothing more to wish for.
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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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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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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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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.
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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
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One person can change the world.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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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 did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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