You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.
ROSA PARKSTo bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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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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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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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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Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.
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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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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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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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As long as there is unemployment, war, crime and all things that go to the infliction of man’s inhumanity to man, regardless – there is much to be done, and people need to work together.
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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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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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