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.
ROSA PARKSIf I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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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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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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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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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.
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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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I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
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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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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.
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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 no future without education.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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