I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
ROSA PARKSYou must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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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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To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
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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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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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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
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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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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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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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I will no longer act on the outside in a way that contradicts the truth that I hold deeply inside. I will no longer act as if I were less than the whole person I know myself inwardly to be.
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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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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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