I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
ROSA PARKSI do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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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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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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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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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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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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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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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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We will really be set back if people don’t take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.
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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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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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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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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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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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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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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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I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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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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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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