I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
ROSA PARKSNothing 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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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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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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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.
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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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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.
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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
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Why do you all push us around?
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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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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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