You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you … - Rosa Parks

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Our founding fathers started this country and built it on God and His Word, and this country sure would be a better place to live and raise our children if we still followed their ideals and beliefs.

Rosa Parks

You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.

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

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To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.

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People have said over the years that the reason I did not give up my seat was because I was tired. I did not think of being physically tired. My feet were not hurting. I was tired in a different way. I was tired of seeing so many men treated as boys and not called by their proper names or titles. I was tired of seeing children and women mistreated and disrespected because of the color of their skin. I was tired of Jim Crow laws, of legally enforced racial segregation.

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I believe there is only one race - the human race.

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I am leaving this legacy to all of you. . . to bring peace, justice, equality, love and a fulfillment of what our lives should be. Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die - the dream of freedom and peace.

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