An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
ROSA PARKSOur mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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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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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
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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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I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
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I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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There are restroom facilities for white ladies and colored women, white men and colored men. We stand outside after being served at the same ticket counter instead of sitting on the inside.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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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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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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