My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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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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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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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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If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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There are restroom facilities for white ladies and colored women, white men and colored men. We stand outside after being served at the same ticket counter instead of sitting on the inside.
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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’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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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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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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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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