Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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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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 bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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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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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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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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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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Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.
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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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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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I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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Why do you all push us around?
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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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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 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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