"If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing."

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Mary Frances Berry

#Taken Quotes #Parks Quotes #Human Rights Quotes

“A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune”
“The church as we know it today seems a million miles from the New Testament church. That may be a great generalization, but I will stand on it. There is a gulf between our average Christianity and the church of New Testament that makes the Grand Canyon look like a cavity in someone's tooth.”
“Sometimes I think we keep secrets for the wrong reasons. If we could instead find that right person to talk to we might find that talking about an embarrassing story or admitting our frailty might lead to a more authentic relationship with others or ourselves.”
“You must believe that you can help bring about a better world. A good society is produced only by good individuals, just as truly as a majority in a presidential election is produced by the votes of single electors.”
“Nobody can take those footsteps I made on the surface of the moon away from me.”
“Look, we ought to do this for our kidsâ€¦ We ought to have a high school so that every kid who grows up here â€” theyâ€™re all our kids â€” gets a good high school education.”

Source : "Why you should care about other people’s kids". Interview with Paul Solman, www.pbs.org. March 19, 2015.
“All other forms of history - economic history, social history, psychological history, above all sociology - seem to me history with the history left out.”
“People's wants are not fixed; they generally want what others in their chosen comparison class appear to be enjoying and what advertising presents to them as attainable for them and as bringing happiness.”

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