Rosa Parks Quotes - Page 2

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• Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

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  Memories, Deeds, Our Lives

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• Each person must live their life as a model for others.

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  Life, Morning, Women

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.

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  Christian, Humble, Peaceful

  Rosa Parks, Gregory J. Reed (1994). “Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman who Changed a Nation”, Zondervan

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• I knew someone had to take the first step. So I made up my mind not to move.

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  Moving, Mind, Firsts

  "Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman who Changed a Nation".

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• I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.

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  Inspirational, Giving Up, Tired

  Rosa Parks, Gregory J. Reed (1994). “Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman who Changed a Nation”, Zondervan

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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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  Emotional, People, Missing

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• If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.

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  Children, Ifs, I Can

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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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  People, Mind, Action

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• There is a lack of interest in voting in the United States, and that troubles me. It is very necessary that people get registered, study the issues and be aware of the politics of our country. 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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  Country, Issues, People

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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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. Everyone living together in peace and harmony and love - that’s the goal that we seek, and I think that the more people there are who reach that state of mind, the better we will all be.

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  Teaching, Thinking, People

  Rosa Parks, James Haskins (1948). “My Story”, Scholastic

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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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  War, Men, Inhumanity To Man

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• I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.

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  Real, People, Energy

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• I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.

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  Tired, Class, Citizens

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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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  Broken Heart, Heartbreak, Heartbroken

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• Many 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.

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  White, Being Free, Ease

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• Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.

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  Believe, Organization, Black

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• I did not want to be mistreated, I did not want to be deprived of a seat that I had paid for. It was just time… there was opportunity for me to take a stand to express the way I felt about being treated in that manner. I had not planned to get arrested. I had plenty to do without having to end up in jail. But when I had to face that decision, I didn't hesitate to do so because I felt that we had endured that too long. The more we gave in, the more we complied with that kind of treatment, the more oppressive it became.

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  Opportunity, Jail, Long

  "Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies". NPR Interview, October 25, 2005.

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• I thought about Emmett Till, and I could not go back. My legs and feet were not hurting, that is a stereotype. I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.

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  Hurt, Lynching, Feet

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• I want to be treated like a human being.

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  July, Want, Treated

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• Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.

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  Children, Powerful, Racism

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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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  Powerful, Victory, Revolution

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• Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.

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  Pride, Self, Community

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• The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.

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  "Rosa Parks at 100: a great American rebel for racial justice" by Amy Goodman, www.theguardian.com. January 31, 2013.

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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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  Freedom, Desire, Way

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• I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.

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  Inspiring, Leadership, Freedom

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