You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.
ROSA PARKSAs long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?
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I had decided that I would not go anywhere with a piece of paper in my hand asking white folks for any favors. I had made that decision myself, as an individual.
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Differences of race, nationality or religion should not be used to deny any human being citizenship rights or privileges.
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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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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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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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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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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.
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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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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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