You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
ROSA PARKSMany 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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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 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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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 work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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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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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.
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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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Our freedom is threatened every time one of our young people is killed by another child, every time a person gets stopped and beaten by the police because of the color of their skin.
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I had decided that I would not go anywhere with a piece of paper in my hand asking white folks for any favors. I had made that decision myself, as an individual.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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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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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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