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.
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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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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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
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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 believe there is only one race – the human race.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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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 believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.
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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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We didn’t have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next.
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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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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.
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To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
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One person can change the world.
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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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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
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If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
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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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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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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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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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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.
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