Rosa Parks

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— Rosa Parks

Why do you all push us around?

— Rosa Parks

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

— Rosa Parks

I had been pushed as far as I could stand

— Rosa Parks

Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.

— Rosa Parks

I believe there is only one race - the human race.

— Rosa Parks

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

— Rosa Parks

All I was doing was trying to get home from work.

— Rosa Parks

I want to be treated like a human being.

— Rosa Parks

My only concern was to get home after a hard day's work.

— Rosa Parks

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

— Rosa Parks

Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.

— Rosa Parks

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

— Rosa Parks

My resisting being mistreated on the bus did not begin with that particular arrest…I did a lot of walking in Montgomery.

— Rosa Parks

you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

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

— Rosa Parks

When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.

— 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…

— Rosa Parks

I am leaving this legacy to all of you...to bring peace, justice, equality, love and a fulfillment of what our lives should…

— Rosa Parks

When that white driver stepped back toward us, when he waved his hand and ordered us up and out of our seats,…

— Rosa Parks

Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression. We soothe ourselves with the salve of attempted indifference, accepting the…

— Rosa Parks

I'd see the bus pass every day… But to me, that was a way of life; we had no choice but to…

— Rosa Parks

“That was a difference between black slaves and white indentured servants. Black slaves were usually not allowed to keep their names, but…

— Rosa Parks

I thought about Emmett Till, and I could not go back. My legs and feet were not hurting, that is a stereotype.…

— Rosa Parks

I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed. I had decided that I would have to know…

— Rosa Parks

“The overseer beat him, tried to starve him, wouldn't let him have any shoes, treated him so badly that he had a…

— Rosa Parks

I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength. Long ago I set my mind to…

— Rosa Parks

I was born 50 years after slavery, in 1913. I was allowed to read. My mother, who was a teacher, taught me…

— Rosa Parks

I did not want to be mistreated, I did not want to be deprived of a seat that I had paid for.…

— 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

I have spent over half my life teaching love and brotherhood, and I feel that it is better to continue to try…

— Rosa Parks

Every day before supper and before we went to services on Sundays. My grandmother would read the Bible to me, and my…

— Rosa Parks

You spend your whole lifetime in your occupation, actually making life clever, easy and convenient for white people. But when you have…

— Rosa Parks

There is no future without education.

— Rosa Parks

One person can change the world.

— Rosa Parks

Knowing what must be done does away with fear.

— Rosa Parks

When one’s mind is made up... fear diminishes.

— Rosa Parks

Arrest me for sitting on a bus? You may do that.

— Rosa Parks

I will always work for human rights for all people.

— Rosa Parks