The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
ROSA PARKSIt is better to protest than to accept injustice.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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 did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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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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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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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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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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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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Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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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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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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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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The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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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 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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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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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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One person can change the world.
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