It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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 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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I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.
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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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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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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 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 was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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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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Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?
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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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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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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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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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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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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I had decided that I would not go anywhere with a piece of paper in my hand asking white folks for any favors. I had made that decision myself, as an individual.
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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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There is no future without education.
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