I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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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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What 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.
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Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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One person can change the world.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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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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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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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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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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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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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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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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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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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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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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I will always work for human rights 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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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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