I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

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Away Diminishes Does Done

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I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.

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Also Free Like People

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

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Each Life Live Model

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As far back as I can remember, I knew there was something wrong with our way of life when people could be mistreated because of the color of their skin.

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Back Because Color Could

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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

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Continue Deeds Lives Memories

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I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.

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Being Citizen Like Second-Class

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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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Children Hopefully Meet Our

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It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn't feel like obeying his demand. I was quite tired after spending a full day working.

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After Day Demand Driver

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Let us look at Jim Crow for the criminal he is and what he has done to one life multiplied millions of times over these United States and the world. He walks us on a tightrope from birth.

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Birth Criminal Crow Done

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

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Doing Get Home Trying

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Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.

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Again Been Bit Ever

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

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After Concern Day Get

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Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.

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Alone Desires Felt Free

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Why do you all push us around?

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Around Push Us Why

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At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was that the masses of the people joined in.

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Any Arrested Day Had

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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.

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Always Because Give Giving

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I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man's inhuman treatment of the Negro.

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About Everything Inhuman Know

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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take... The line between reason and madness grows thinner.

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Between Disappointment Grows Hurt

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The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute accepts people of any race. We don't discriminate against anyone. We teach people to reach their highest potential. I set examples by the way I lead my life.

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Accepts Against Any Anyone

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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.

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Always Given God Me

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Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.

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Accuse Acting Being Causing

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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.

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Could Ever Felt Get

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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression. We soothe ourselves with the salve of attempted indifference, accepting the false pattern set up by the horrible restriction of Jim Crow laws.

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Accepting Attempted Begins Crow

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I have been refused entrance on the buses because I would not pay my fare at the front and go around to the rear door to enter. That was the custom if the bus was crowded up to the point where the white passengers would start occupying.

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Around Because Been Bus

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"24 Rosa Parks Quotes & Sayings

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

Rosa Parks

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

As far back as I can remember, I knew there was something wrong with our way of life when people could be mistreated because of the color of their skin.

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.

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 shall overcome.

Rosa Parks

It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn't feel like obeying his demand. I was quite tired after spending a full day working.

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 these United States and the world. He walks us on a tightrope from birth.

Rosa Parks

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

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 over again.

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.

Rosa Parks

Why do you all push us around?

Rosa Parks

At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was that the masses of the people joined in.

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

Rosa Parks

There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take... The line between reason and madness grows thinner.

Rosa Parks

The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute accepts people of any race. We don't discriminate against anyone. We teach people to reach their highest potential. I set examples by the way I lead my life.

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.

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

Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression. We soothe ourselves with the salve of attempted indifference, accepting the false pattern set up by the horrible restriction of Jim Crow laws.

Rosa Parks

I have been refused entrance on the buses because I would not pay my fare at the front and go around to the rear door to enter. That was the custom if the bus was crowded up to the point where the white passengers would start occupying.

Rosa Parks

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