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.
ROSA PARKSMy only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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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.
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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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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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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.
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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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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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I want to be treated like a human being.
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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.
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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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