The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
ROSA PARKSTime begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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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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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.
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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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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 believe there is only one race – the human race.
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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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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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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
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There is no future without education.
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Differences of race, nationality or religion should not be used to deny any human being citizenship rights or privileges.
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There were times when it would have been easy to fall apart or to go in the opposite direction, but somehow I felt that if I took on more step, someone would come along to join me.
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