I will always work for human rights for all people.
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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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 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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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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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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To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
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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.
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I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
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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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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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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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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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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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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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I will no longer act on the outside in a way that contradicts the truth that I hold deeply inside. I will no longer act as if I were less than the whole person I know myself inwardly to be.
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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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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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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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Many whites, even white Southerners told me that even though it may have seemed like the blacks were being freed (by my actions) they felt more free and at ease themselves. They thought that my action didn’t just free blacks but them, too.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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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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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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