Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
ROSA PARKSI’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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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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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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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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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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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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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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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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There is no future without education.
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Differences of race, nationality or religion should not be used to deny any human being citizenship rights or privileges.
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Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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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 would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.
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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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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 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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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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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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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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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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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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