You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
ROSA PARKSIf 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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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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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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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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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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I will no longer act on the outside in a way that contradicts the truth that I hold deeply inside. I will no longer act as if I were less than the whole person I know myself inwardly to be.
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There are restroom facilities for white ladies and colored women, white men and colored men. We stand outside after being served at the same ticket counter instead of sitting on the inside.
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I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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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 we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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