To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
ROSA PARKSWhat 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.
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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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We will really be set back if people don’t take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.
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I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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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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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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Why do you all push us around?
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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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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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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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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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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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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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