Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
ROSA PARKSTime begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
ROSA PARKSVictory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?
ROSA PARKSI don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
ROSA PARKSWe 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.
ROSA PARKSIt takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
ROSA PARKSI do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
ROSA PARKSI was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black.
ROSA PARKSThere is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
ROSA PARKSYou cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.
ROSA PARKSEveryone 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.
ROSA PARKSI 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.
ROSA PARKSI talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
ROSA PARKSI 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 PARKSI have spent over half my life teaching love and brotherhood, and I feel that it is better to continue to try to teach or live equality and love than it would be to have hatred or prejudice.
ROSA PARKSI 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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