You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
ROSA PARKSIt takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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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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There is no future without education.
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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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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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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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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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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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I had decided that I would not go anywhere with a piece of paper in my hand asking white folks for any favors. I had made that decision myself, as an individual.
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I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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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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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 talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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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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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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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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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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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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If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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