All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
ROSA PARKSEveryone living together in peace and harmony and love – that’s the goal that we seek, and I think that the more people there are who reach that state of mind, the better we will all be.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want to be treated.
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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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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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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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Since I have always been a strong believer in God, I knew that He was with me, and only He could get me through that next step.
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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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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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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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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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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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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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