Rosa Parks on freedom
Rosa Parks74 quotes“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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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
Rosa ParksRosa Parks I will always work for human rights for all people.
Rosa ParksRosa Parks Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.
Rosa ParksRosa Parks There is no future without education.
Rosa ParksRosa Parks When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
Rosa ParksRosa Parks I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
Rosa ParksRosa Parks 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.
Rosa ParksRosa Parks 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.
Rosa ParksRosa Parks Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
Rosa ParksRosa Parks If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
Rosa ParksRosa Parks I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
Rosa ParksRosa Parks I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
Rosa ParksRosa Parks 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 ParksRosa Parks Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
Rosa ParksRosa Parks Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
Rosa ParksRosa Parks 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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What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
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Rosa ParksRosa Parks If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
Rosa ParksRosa Parks There are social restrictions where someone could be suppressing someone else’s freedom to express themselves.
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