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 PARKSBlack women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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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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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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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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Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
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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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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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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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I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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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.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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 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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One person can change the world.
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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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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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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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We will really be set back if people don’t take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.
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I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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