I want to be treated like a human being.
ROSA PARKSTime begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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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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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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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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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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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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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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