Our freedom is threatened every time one of our young people is killed by another child, every time a person gets stopped and beaten by the police because of the color of their skin.
ROSA PARKSWhatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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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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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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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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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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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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We will really be set back if people don’t take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.
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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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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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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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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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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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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
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One person can change the world.
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