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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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Rosa Parks
Age: 92 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 4
Died: 2005
Died: October 24
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Civil Rights Advocate
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Alabama
Rosa Lee Louise McCauley Parks
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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race. It would be a good thing if all people were treated equally and justly and not be discriminated against because of race or religion or anything that makes them different from others.
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When that white driver stepped back toward us, when he waved his hand and ordered us up and out of our seats, I felt a determination cover my body like a quilt on a winter night.
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Without a vision the people perish, but without courage dreams die.
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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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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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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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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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As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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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.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed. I had decided that I would have to know once and for all what rights I had as a human being and a citizen.
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One person can change the world.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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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Every day before supper and before we went to services on Sundays. My grandmother would read the Bible to me, and my grandfather would pray. We even had devotions before going to pick cotton in the fields. Prayer and the Bible, became a part of my everyday thoughts and beliefs. I learned to put my trust in God and to seek Him as my strength.
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Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.
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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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