If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
ROSA PARKSI believe there is only one race – the human race.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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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 knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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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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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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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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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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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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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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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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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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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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