Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
ROSA PARKSWe didn’t have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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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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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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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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Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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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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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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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 don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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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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