I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
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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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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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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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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As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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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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There were times when it would have been easy to fall apart or to go in the opposite direction, but somehow I felt that if I took on more step, someone would come along to join me.
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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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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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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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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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I have spent over half my life teaching love and brotherhood, and I feel that it is better to continue to try to teach or live equality and love than it would be to have hatred or prejudice.
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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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