You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.
ROSA PARKSI think when you say you’re happy, you have everything that you need and everything that you want, and nothing more to wish for.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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 did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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Differences of race, nationality or religion should not be used to deny any human being citizenship rights or privileges.
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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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There is no future without education.
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Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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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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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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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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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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