You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.
ROSA PARKSI 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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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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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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One person can change the world.
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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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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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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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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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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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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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