Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
ROSA PARKSThere is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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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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I will no longer act on the outside in a way that contradicts the truth that I hold deeply inside. I will no longer act as if I were less than the whole person I know myself inwardly to be.
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Why do you all push us around?
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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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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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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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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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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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