The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
ROSA PARKSThere 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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Why do you all push us around?
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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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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 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 did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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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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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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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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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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