It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
ROSA PARKSKnowing what must be done does away with fear.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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We will really be set back if people don’t take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.
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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 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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The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.
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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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Why do you all push us around?
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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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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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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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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 was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black.
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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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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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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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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 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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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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When the history of this country is written, when a final accounting is done, it is this small, quiet woman whose name will be remembered long after the names of senators and presidents have been forgotten.
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