I believe there is only one race – the human race.
ROSA PARKSI did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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One person can change the world.
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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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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want to be treated.
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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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Why do you all push us around?
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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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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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We didn’t have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next.
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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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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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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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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black.
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