Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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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The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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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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We didn’t have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next.
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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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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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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.
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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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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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