It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
ROSA PARKSNo, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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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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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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When the history of this country is written, when a final accounting is done, it is this small, quiet woman whose name will be remembered long after the names of senators and presidents have been forgotten.
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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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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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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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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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I think when you say you’re happy, you have everything that you need and everything that you want, and nothing more to wish for.
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Many whites, even white Southerners told me that even though it may have seemed like the blacks were being freed (by my actions) they felt more free and at ease themselves. They thought that my action didn’t just free blacks but them, too.
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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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Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.
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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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