I will always work for human rights for all people.
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
-
-
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.
ROSA PARKS -
I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
ROSA PARKS -
I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.
ROSA PARKS -
Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.
ROSA PARKS -
I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
ROSA PARKS -
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.
ROSA PARKS -
I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
ROSA PARKS -
Since I have always been a strong believer in God, I knew that He was with me, and only He could get me through that next step.
ROSA PARKS -
To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
ROSA PARKS -
We didn’t have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next.
ROSA PARKS -
I will no longer act on the outside in a way that contradicts the truth that I hold deeply inside. I will no longer act as if I were less than the whole person I know myself inwardly to be.
ROSA PARKS -
Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
ROSA PARKS -
The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.
ROSA PARKS -
One person can change the world.
ROSA PARKS -
No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
ROSA PARKS