Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want to be treated.
ROSA PARKSAs long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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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.
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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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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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Our freedom is threatened every time one of our young people is killed by another child, every time a person gets stopped and beaten by the police because of the color of their skin.
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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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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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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.
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There were times when it would have been easy to fall apart or to go in the opposite direction, but somehow I felt that if I took on more step, someone would come along to join me.
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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 do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.
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I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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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 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.
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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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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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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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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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