As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
ROSA PARKSThere is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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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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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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The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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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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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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That was a difference between black slaves and white indentured servants. Black slaves were usually not allowed to keep their names, but were given new names by their owners.
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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.
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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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I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.
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Since I have always been a strong believer in God, I knew that He was with me, and only He could get me through that next step.
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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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