I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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 believe there is only one race – the human race.
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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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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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All I was doing was trying to get home from 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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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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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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There is no future without education.
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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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