No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
ROSA PARKSNo, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
ROSA PARKSI was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
ROSA PARKSOne person can change the world.
ROSA PARKSIt is better to protest than to accept injustice.
ROSA PARKSI had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
ROSA PARKSThat was a difference between black slaves and white indentured servants. Black slaves were usually not allowed to keep their names, but were given new names by their owners.
ROSA PARKSWhy do you all push us around?
ROSA PARKSI don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
ROSA PARKSI have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
ROSA PARKSI 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 PARKSAs 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.
ROSA PARKSI talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
ROSA PARKSWhen I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
ROSA PARKSI knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
ROSA PARKSI believe there is only one race – the human race.
ROSA PARKSMany 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.
ROSA PARKS