Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
ROSA PARKSThe time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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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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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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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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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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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 just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.
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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 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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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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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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