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.
ROSA PARKSMy only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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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.
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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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We will really be set back if people don’t take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.
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Differences of race, nationality or religion should not be used to deny any human being citizenship rights or privileges.
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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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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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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 talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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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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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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