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.
ROSA PARKSTime begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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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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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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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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There is no future without education.
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I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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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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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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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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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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