To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
ROSA PARKSI was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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 believe there is only one race – the human race.
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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.
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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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I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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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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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
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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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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.
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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’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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