Democracy Quote by A. Philip Randolph

African Americans know implicitly that you cannot take freedoms for granted and that democracy is precious. And it's worth fighting for.

— Colin Allred

Winning Democracy for the Negro is winning the war for Democracy

— A. Philip Randolph

Negroes aren't seeking anything which is not good for the nation as well as ourselves. In order for America to be 100 percent strong…

— Jackie Robinson

Democracy never comes by the barrel of a gun, or by cluster bombs.

— Malalai Joya

A Negro who does not vote is ungrateful to those who have already died in the fight for freedom. ... Any person who does…

— Constance Baker Motley

The Negro revolt is not aimed at winning friends but at winning freedom, not interpersonal warmth but institutional justice.

— John Henry Cox

I will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy's 'but' too long.

— Langston Hughes

Some African leaders actually dare to suggest that democracy is a concept alien to traditional African society. This is one of the most impudent…

— Wole Soyinka

Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless…

— A. Philip Randolph

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their…

— Frederick Douglass

Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to.

— Joe Chung

The North has no interest in the particular Negro, but talks of justice for the whole. The South has not interest, and pretends none,…

— Zora Neale Hurston