Why do you all push us around?
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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When the history of this country is written, when a final accounting is done, it is this small, quiet woman whose name will be remembered long after the names of senators and presidents have been forgotten.
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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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There is no future without education.
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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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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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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want to be treated.
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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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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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If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
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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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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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Everyone living together in peace and harmony and love – that’s the goal that we seek, and I think that the more people there are who reach that state of mind, the better we will all be.
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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
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I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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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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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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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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