My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
ROSA PARKSOur mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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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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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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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 believe there is only one race – the human race.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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We will really be set back if people don’t take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.
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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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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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Since I have always been a strong believer in God, I knew that He was with me, and only He could get me through that next step.
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