I 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 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.
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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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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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One person can change the world.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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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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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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