I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
ROSA PARKSI learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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There is no future without education.
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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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You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.
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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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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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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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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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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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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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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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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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