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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/many-whites-even-white-southerners-told-me-that-even-though-it-may/)

[Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/as-long-as-people-use-tactics-to-oppress-or-restrict-other-people/)

[Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/)

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## Other authors on Being free

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-senora-roy-422.jpg) Senora Roy 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-free/senora-roy/)

## More by Rosa Parks

> [Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/racism-is-still-with-us-but-it-is-up-to-us-to-prepare-our-children/)

[Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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, \[...\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/people-always-say-that-i-didn-t-give-up-my-seat-because-i-was-tired/)

[Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/)

> [Let us look at Jim Crow for the criminal he is and what he has done to one life multiplied millions of times over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/let-us-look-at-jim-crow-for-the-criminal-he-is-and-what-he-has-done/)

[Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/)

> [I have never been what you would call just an integrationist. I know I've been called that... Integrating that bus wouldn't mean more equality.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/i-have-never-been-what-you-would-call-just-an-integrationist-i-know-i/)

[Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/)

> [I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength. Long ago I set my mind to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/i-learned-to-put-my-trust-in-god-and-to-see-him-as-my-strength-long/)

[Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/)

> [One person can change the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/one-person-can-change-the-world/)

[Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/)

> [Many whites, even white Southerners told me that even though it may have seemed like the blacks were being freed (by my actions) they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/many-whites-even-white-southerners-told-me-that-even-though-it-may/)

[Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/)

> [There is no future without education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/there-is-no-future-without-education/)

[Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/if-you-want-to-be-respected-for-your-actions-then-your-behavior-must/)

[Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/)

> [you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/you-must-never-be-fearful-about-what-you-are-doing-when-it-is-right/)

[Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/)

> [Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/have-you-ever-been-hurt-and-the-place-tries-to-heal-a-bit-and-you/)

[Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/)

> [Knowing what must be done does away with fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/knowing-what-must-be-done-does-away-with-fear/)

[Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/)

> [I thought about Emmett Till, and I could not go back. My legs and feet were not hurting, that is a stereotype. I paid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/i-thought-about-emmett-till-and-i-could-not-go-back-my-legs-and-feet/)

[Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/)

> [I thought of Emmett Till, and when the bus driver ordered me to move to the back, I just couldn’t move.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/i-thought-of-emmett-till-and-when-the-bus-driver-ordered-me-to-move/)

[Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/)

> [“At the time i didn't realize why there was so much Klan activity, but later I learned that it was because African-American soldiers werre…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/at-the-time-i-didn-t-realize-why-there-was-so-much-klan-activity-but/)

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