The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
ROSA PARKSThere 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.
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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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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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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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I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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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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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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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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I had decided that I would not go anywhere with a piece of paper in my hand asking white folks for any favors. I had made that decision myself, as an individual.
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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 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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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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I 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.
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