As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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 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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Why do you all push us around?
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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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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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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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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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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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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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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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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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That was a difference between black slaves and white indentured servants. Black slaves were usually not allowed to keep their names, but were given new names by their owners.
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One person can change the world.
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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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