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.
ROSA PARKSAs long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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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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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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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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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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There is no future without education.
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There are restroom facilities for white ladies and colored women, white men and colored men. We stand outside after being served at the same ticket counter instead of sitting on the inside.
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We will really be set back if people don’t take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.
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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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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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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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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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As long as there is unemployment, war, crime and all things that go to the infliction of man’s inhumanity to man, regardless – there is much to be done, and people need to work together.
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