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Rosa Parks

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.
ROSA PARKS

Black Lives Matter Dignity Person Self Respect
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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Believe Hope Inspirational Life Optimism
It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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Inspirational Peace Person
The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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Believe Push Time
When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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Black Lives Matter Encouragement Leadership Women
I had decided that I would not go anywhere with a piece of paper in my hand asking white folks for any favors. I had made that decision myself, as an individual.
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Decide Declutter Folk Hands Individual Paper
God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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Giving God Right Strength
Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
ROSA PARKS

Action Black Lives Matter Cause Normal Trouble
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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Candidate Citizen Concern Government Learning People Time Vote
Everyone 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.
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Goals Harmony Live Love Mind Peace People Seek Thinking Togetherness
I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
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Beginning Healing Inspirational Mind Move On Step
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.
ROSA PARKS

Black Lives Matter Brotherhood Equality Feeling Hatred Life Live Love Prejudice Teaching
As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
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Done Freedom People Restriction Tactics Work
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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Courtesy Kindness Respect Rule Treat
Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
ROSA PARKS

Courage Die Dreamss Freedom Inspirational Peace People Vision
The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
ROSA PARKS

Black Lives Matter Bus Injustice Realize World

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