An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
ROSA PARKSAs 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.
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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 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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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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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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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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I will no longer act on the outside in a way that contradicts the truth that I hold deeply inside. I will no longer act as if I were less than the whole person I know myself inwardly to be.
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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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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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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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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.
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