To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
ROSA PARKSAs long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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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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Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.
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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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If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.
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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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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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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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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 was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black.
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