Rosa Quotes
48 quotes by 39 authors
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Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights…
— David Cameron
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I am above the forest region, amongst grand rocks & such a torrent as you see in Salvator Rosa's paintings vegetation all a scrub of…
— Joseph Dalton Hooker
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Let me speak frankly: separate but equal is a fraud. It is the language that tried to push Rosa Parks to the back of the…
— David Lammy
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If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing.
— Mary Frances Berry
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Rosa Parks showed us all that one little person can make a whole bunch of noise without so much as a whisper. She showed the…
— Richard Pryor
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Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later.
— Bob Filner
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There will come a time when the gun owners of America, the law-abiding gun owners of America, will be the Rosa Parks and we will…
— Ted Nugent
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Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Gandhi — all these peopled described themselves as quiet and soft-spoken and even shy. And they all took the spotlight, even…
— Susan Cain
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Rosa Parks will be remembered for her lasting contributions to society. Her legacy lives on in the continued struggle for civil rights around the world.…
— Jim Costa
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Most Americans who made it past the fourth grade have a pretty good idea who Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr., were.…
— Louis Menand
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Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure…
— John Shimkus
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The real meaning of courage was the personal sacrifice of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King.
— Pete Seeger
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The US has developed two coordinate governing classes: the one, called 'business,' building cities, manufacturing and distributing goods, and holding complete and autocratic power over…
— Thurman Arnold
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The world knows of Rosa Parks because of a single, simple act of dignity and courage that struck a lethal blow to the foundations of…
— William J. Clinton
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I went to jail 44 times. I've been beaten and left for dead on the side of the road fighting for freedom. . . .…
— Ralph Abernathy
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If Rosa Parks had not refused to move to the back of the bus, you and I might never have heard of Dr. Martin Luther…
— Ramsey Clark
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The civil rights movement would experience many important victories, but Rosa Parks will always be remembered as its catalyst.
— Jim Costa
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It's been an incredible few weeks for Emma Pooley, first winning three stages in the Giro Rosa to demonstrate that she's the best climber in…
— Emma Pooley
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If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses to leave the…
— Kinky Friedman
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I just think Rosa Parks was overrated. Last time I checked, she got famous for breaking the law.
— Stephen Colbert
Who Wrote These Rosa Quotes
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