I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
ROSA PARKSTime begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
-
-
There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
ROSA PARKS -
When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
ROSA PARKS -
I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
ROSA PARKS -
The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
ROSA PARKS -
Our freedom is threatened every time one of our young people is killed by another child, every time a person gets stopped and beaten by the police because of the color of their skin.
ROSA PARKS -
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.
ROSA PARKS -
The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.
ROSA PARKS -
An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
ROSA PARKS -
Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
ROSA PARKS -
Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
ROSA PARKS -
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.
ROSA PARKS -
Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
ROSA PARKS -
I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.
ROSA PARKS -
You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.
ROSA PARKS -
There are restroom facilities for white ladies and colored women, white men and colored men. We stand outside after being served at the same ticket counter instead of sitting on the inside.
ROSA PARKS -
Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
ROSA PARKS -
There is no future without education.
ROSA PARKS -
Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
ROSA PARKS -
No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
ROSA PARKS -
Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
ROSA PARKS -
All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
ROSA PARKS -
I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
ROSA PARKS -
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.
ROSA PARKS -
I believe there is only one race – the human race.
ROSA PARKS -
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.
ROSA PARKS -
I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
ROSA PARKS
Warning: Undefined variable $count in /home/minimali/public_html/wp-content/themes/minimalistquotes/single.php on line 188
Warning: Undefined variable $count in /home/minimali/public_html/wp-content/themes/minimalistquotes/single.php on line 188
Warning: Undefined variable $count in /home/minimali/public_html/wp-content/themes/minimalistquotes/single.php on line 188
Warning: Undefined variable $count in /home/minimali/public_html/wp-content/themes/minimalistquotes/single.php on line 188
Warning: Undefined variable $count in /home/minimali/public_html/wp-content/themes/minimalistquotes/single.php on line 188
Warning: Undefined variable $count in /home/minimali/public_html/wp-content/themes/minimalistquotes/single.php on line 203