I will always work for human rights for all people.
ROSA PARKSIt is better to protest than to accept injustice.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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There were times when it would have been easy to fall apart or to go in the opposite direction, but somehow I felt that if I took on more step, someone would come along to join me.
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I think when you say you’re happy, you have everything that you need and everything that you want, and nothing more to wish for.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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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 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 knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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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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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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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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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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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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