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.
ROSA PARKSMemories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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Our freedom is threatened every time one of our young people is killed by another child, every time a person gets stopped and beaten by the police because of the color of their skin.
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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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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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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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Differences of race, nationality or religion should not be used to deny any human being citizenship rights or privileges.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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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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One person can change the world.
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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.
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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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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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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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Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
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