The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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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I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
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I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.
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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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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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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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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 will always work for human rights for all people.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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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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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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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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Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
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Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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