One person can change the world.
ROSA PARKSI 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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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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Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.
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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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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 was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black.
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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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As long as there is unemployment, war, crime and all things that go to the infliction of man’s inhumanity to man, regardless – there is much to be done, and people need to work together.
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Many whites, even white Southerners told me that even though it may have seemed like the blacks were being freed (by my actions) they felt more free and at ease themselves. They thought that my action didn’t just free blacks but them, too.
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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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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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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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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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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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