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People always said that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
Rosa Parks
One person can change the world.
Rosa Parks
Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?
Rosa Parks
I had felt for a long time, that if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit, that I would refuse to do so.
Rosa Parks
I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
Rosa Parks
Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
Rosa Parks
God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
Rosa Parks
People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
Rosa Parks
There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take... The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
Rosa Parks
I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man's inhuman treatment of the Negro.
Rosa Parks
All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
Rosa Parks
Why do you all push us around?
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
I believe there is only one race - the human race.
Rosa Parks
What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.
Rosa Parks
Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want to be treated.
Rosa Parks
Without a vision the people perish, but without courage dreams die.
Rosa Parks
As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
Rosa Parks
It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
Rosa Parks
I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
Rosa Parks
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.
Rosa Parks
I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
Rosa Parks
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