The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
ROSA PARKSI 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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Why do you all push us around?
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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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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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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 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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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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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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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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Everyone living together in peace and harmony and love – that’s the goal that we seek, and I think that the more people there are who reach that state of mind, the better we will all be.
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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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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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