I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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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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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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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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I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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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.
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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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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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 see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
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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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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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