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 PARKSThere is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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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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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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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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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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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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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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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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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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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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