I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
ROSA PARKSWhen people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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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I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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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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The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?
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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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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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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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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
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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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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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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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