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.
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.
ROSA PARKSWhen people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
ROSA PARKSStand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.
ROSA PARKSIf I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
ROSA PARKSOur 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.
ROSA PARKSAn opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
ROSA PARKSRacism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.
ROSA PARKSKnowing what must be done does away with fear.
ROSA PARKSI had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
ROSA PARKSWe didn’t have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next.
ROSA PARKSDifferences of race, nationality or religion should not be used to deny any human being citizenship rights or privileges.
ROSA PARKSWhatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
ROSA PARKSNo, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
ROSA PARKSI 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.
ROSA PARKSI 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.
ROSA PARKSI’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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