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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.

Rosa Parks

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.
ROSA PARKS

Black Lives Matter Dignity Person Self Respect
If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.
ROSA PARKS

Action Behaviour Demonstrate Humble Peace Recognize Respect Trust
Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
ROSA PARKS

Hurt Ignorance One Liner Tired Treatment
I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
ROSA PARKS

Black Lives Matter Violence
People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
ROSA PARKS

Freedom Mind Need People Prejudice Racism
As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
ROSA PARKS

Crime Work
I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
ROSA PARKS

Beginning Healing Inspirational Mind Move On Step
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.
ROSA PARKS

Happiness Life Need
If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
ROSA PARKS

Angry Finding Friendship Missing People Stay
We didn’t have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next.
ROSA PARKS

Civilization Exist Matter Right Survival
It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
ROSA PARKS

Inspirational Peace Person
I will always work for human rights for all people.
ROSA PARKS

Duty Human People Right Work
Differences of race, nationality or religion should not be used to deny any human being citizenship rights or privileges.
ROSA PARKS

Citizenship Difference Human Privilege Race Religion Right
The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
ROSA PARKS

Black Lives Matter Bus Injustice Realize World
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.
ROSA PARKS

Dedication Hustle Inspirational Matter Problem Success
Many whites, even white Southerners told me that even though it may have seemed like the blacks were being freed (by my actions) they felt more free and at ease themselves. They thought that my action didn’t just free blacks but them, too.
ROSA PARKS

Black Lives Matter Freedom

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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