Rosa – Quotes

I think [Karl] Marx,

I think [Karl] Marx, Pope John XXIII or Rosa Luxemburg [had achieved the mode of existence].But it would be useless to look at a list of illustrious names. Erich Fromm

We live in a society that says You Gotta get yours and I’m not suggesting that you don’t handle your business but I want to show people… Gandhi gave, Mother Theresa gave, Martin Luther King gave, Rosa Parks gave, Sojourner Truth gave, and these people had a rich life! They may have not had a … Read more

I was raised in

I was raised in Arizona, and I went to public school, and the extent of my knowledge of the civil-rights movement was the story of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. I wonder how much my generation knows. Emma Stone

It’s been an incredible

It’s been an incredible few weeks for Emma Pooley, first winning three stages in the Giro Rosa to demonstrate that she’s the best climber in the women’s peloton, then lining up for La Course – a race she helped to make happen – on the Champs-Elyses. So, it may come as a surprise to hear … Read more

We want to make

We want to make certain that every American who stood in silent tribute to Rosa Parks hopes that the Sepreme Court Judge will break silence and speak out clearly for the civil rights that define our unity as a nation. Dick Durbin

Let me speak frankly:

Let me speak frankly: separate but equal is a fraud. It is the language that tried to push Rosa Parks to the back of the bus. It is the motif that determined that black and white people could not possibly drink from the same water fountain, eat at the same table or use the same … Read more

Half a century ago,

Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens. David Cameron

The Nova Scotian black

The Nova Scotian black community always remembered Viola Desmond – they didn’t lose track of her, ever. Her memory was very much alive there, but the rest of us didn’t know anything about her. It’s just so typical of Canadians that we know Rosa Parks, in that bad country to the south of us – … Read more

The campaign to put

The campaign to put a woman on the $20 bill has narrowed the choices down to four finalists. The four finalists are Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Flo from the Progressive Insurance ads. Conan O’Brien

Rosa Luxemburg was –

Rosa Luxemburg was – still is for me – a great personal and intellectual heroine. Her analysis of Leninism and capitalism and social democracy are all worth reading. I wouldn’t consider anyone truly politically literate if they hadn’t given her work at least some study. Christopher Hitchens