We didn’t have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next.
ROSA PARKSI learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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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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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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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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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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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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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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There is no future without education.
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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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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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There are restroom facilities for white ladies and colored women, white men and colored men. We stand outside after being served at the same ticket counter instead of sitting on the inside.
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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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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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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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I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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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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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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Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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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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