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If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.

Rosa Parks

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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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One person can change the world.
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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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I had decided that I would not go anywhere with a piece of paper in my hand asking white folks for any favors. I had made that decision myself, as an individual.
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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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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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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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Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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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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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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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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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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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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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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If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.

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