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.
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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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 was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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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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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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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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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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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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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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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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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of 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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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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