It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
ROSA PARKSI 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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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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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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Many whites, even white Southerners told me that even though it may have seemed like the blacks were being freed (by my actions) they felt more free and at ease themselves. They thought that my action didn’t just free blacks but them, too.
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I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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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 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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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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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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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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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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There is no future without education.
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That was a difference between black slaves and white indentured servants. Black slaves were usually not allowed to keep their names, but were given new names by their owners.
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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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Since I have always been a strong believer in God, I knew that He was with me, and only He could get me through that next step.
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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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I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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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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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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