No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
ROSA PARKSTime begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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I think when you say you’re happy, you have everything that you need and everything that you want, and nothing more to wish for.
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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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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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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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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 had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.
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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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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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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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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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When the history of this country is written, when a final accounting is done, it is this small, quiet woman whose name will be remembered long after the names of senators and presidents have been forgotten.
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