There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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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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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I 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.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.
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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 was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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That was a difference between black slaves and white indentured servants. Black slaves were usually not allowed to keep their names, but were given new names by their owners.
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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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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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There are restroom facilities for white ladies and colored women, white men and colored men. We stand outside after being served at the same ticket counter instead of sitting on the inside.
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Since I have always been a strong believer in God, I knew that He was with me, and only He could get me through that next step.
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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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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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