The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.
ROSA PARKSI was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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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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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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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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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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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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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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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’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
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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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