Frases de Rosa Parks

„Los recuerdos de nuestras vidas, de nuestras obras y nuestros actos continuarán en otros.“

—  Rosa Parks

Sin fuentes

„Ni siquiera tenía certeza de que sobreviviría aquel día.“

—  Rosa Parks

Sin fuentes
Tras preguntarle si sabía que su acto tendría tal impacto.

„La libertad siempre ha sido importante para mi.“

—  Rosa Parks

Sin fuentes

„No subí al autobús para que me arrestaran; subí al autobús para ir a casa.“

—  Rosa Parks

Original: «I did not get on the bus to get arrested; I got on the bus to go home».
Fuente: (En inglés.) «Today in History: December 1.» http://memory.loc.gov:8081/ammem/today/dec01.html The Library of Congress. Consultado el 25 de septiembre de 2019.

„Solo quiero que se me recuerde como una persona que quería ser libre.“

—  Rosa Parks

Sin fuentes

„Cada persona debe vivir su vida como un modelo para otros.“

—  Rosa Parks

Fuente: Citado en Freeman, Iam A. Seeds of Revolution: A Collection of Axioms, Passages and Proverbs, Volumen 1. Editorial iUniverse, 2014. ISBN 978-14-4018-530-4, p. 559.

„Desde siempre he sido una firme creyente en Dios, sabía que Él estaba conmigo, y sólo Él podría ayudarme a superar ese siguiente paso.“

—  Rosa Parks

Fuente: Quiet Strength : the Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman Who Changed a Nation.

„La única cansada era yo, cansada de ceder.“

—  Rosa Parks

Sin fuentes
Sobre el día que se negó a ceder el asiento.

„Dios siempre me ha dado la fuerza para decir lo que está bien… Yo tenía la fuerza de Dios y de mis antepasados conmigo.“

—  Rosa Parks

Fuente: The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (2013)

„Nunca debes tener miedo de lo que estás haciendo cuando es correcto.“

—  Rosa Parks

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

—  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

„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

„I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day, but I don't think there is anything such as complete happiness. It pains me that there is still a lot of Klan activity and racism. I think when you say you're happy, you have everything that you need and everything that you want, and nothing more to wish for. I haven't reached that stage yet.“

—  Rosa Parks

Quoted in "Standing Up for Freedom," Academy of Achievement.org (2005-10-31)

„Arrest me for sitting on a bus? You may do that.“

—  Rosa Parks

„From my upbringing and the Bible I learned people should stand up for rights just as the children of Israel stood up to the Pharaoh.“

—  Rosa Parks

Quoted in The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, by Jeanne Theoharis (2013)

„I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.“

—  Rosa Parks

„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

Quiet Strength (2000)

„I did not want to be mistreated, I did not want to be deprived of a seat that I had paid for. It was just time… there was opportunity for me to take a stand to express the way I felt about being treated in that manner. I had not planned to get arrested. I had plenty to do without having to end up in jail. But when I had to face that decision, I didn't hesitate to do so because I felt that we had endured that too long. The more we gave in, the more we complied with that kind of treatment, the more oppressive it became.“

—  Rosa Parks

"Parks Recalls Bus Boycott, Excerpts from an interview with Lynn Neary", National Public Radio (1992), linked at "Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies" http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4973548, NPR, October 25, 2005.