No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
ROSA PARKSWhen 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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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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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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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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The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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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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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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That 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.
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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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I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.
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I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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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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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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