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.
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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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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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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Differences of race, nationality or religion should not be used to deny any human being citizenship rights or privileges.
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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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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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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 talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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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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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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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 was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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