If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
ROSA PARKSTime begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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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 learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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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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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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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 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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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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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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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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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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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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