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.
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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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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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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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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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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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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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.
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Everyone living together in peace and harmony and love – that’s the goal that we seek, and I think that the more people there are who reach that state of mind, the better we will all be.
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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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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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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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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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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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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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