As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
ROSA PARKSI 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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One person can change the world.
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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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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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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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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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Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
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If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.
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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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