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Rosa Parks

Quotes by Rosa Parks, civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was tired of giving in.

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Stand for something or you will fall for anything.

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

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

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I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free.

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

Rosa Parks

I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear.

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

Rosa Parks