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Rosa Parks
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“[On refusing to move to the back of the bus:] All I was doing was trying to get home from work.”
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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 but them, too.”
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“It takes more than one person to bring about peace — it takes all of us.”
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“Many times questions are more important than answers.”
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“There is no future without education.”
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“I believe there is only one race — the human race.”
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“I have learned that in order to bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try. Each and every one of us can make a difference.”
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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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“Life is to be lived to its fullest so that death is just another chapter. Memories of our lives, our works and our deeds will continue in others.”
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“There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still. As long as a child needs help, as long as people are not free, there will be work to do. As long as an elderly person is attacked or in need of support, there is work to do. As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.”
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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, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. ... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”
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“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, U.S. civil rights worker
(1913 - 2005)
Full name: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks.