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.
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 paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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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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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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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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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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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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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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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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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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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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Why do you all push us around?
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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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