When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
ROSA PARKSI see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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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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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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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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If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
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There is no future without education.
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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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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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I had decided that I would not go anywhere with a piece of paper in my hand asking white folks for any favors. I had made that decision myself, as an individual.
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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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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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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