The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
Rosa Parks: My Story (1992)
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Rosa Parks quotes
1913-2005 ยท Presidents and world leaders
Civil rights activist whose bus protest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
4 quotes, 4 traced to where Parks said or wrote them.
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.
Quiet Strength (2000)
I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
Remarks on her 77th birthday (1990)
I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
As quoted by Rita Dove in Time (1999)