Class Quote by A. Philip Randolph

“Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within. Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted.”

A. Philip Randolph

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In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.

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Justice is never given; it is exacted.

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I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that…

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I suggest that ten thousand Negroes march on Washington, D.C., the capital of the Nation, with the slogan, 'We loyal Negro American citizens demand…

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If we have white persons in the March, we are certain to have trouble with the Communists, and it may not be viewed as…

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Negroes are in no mood to shoulder guns for democracy abroad while they are denied democracy here at home.

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We want the full works of citizenship with no reservations. We will accept nothing less . . . This condition of freedom, equality, and…

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Look for the enemies of Medicare, of higher minimum wages, of Social Security, of federal aid to education and there you will find the…

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Lincoln was the spokesman of the rising capitalist class of the North, who viewed the emancipation of Negro slaves as indispensable to the development…

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I personally pledge myself to openly counsel, aid, and abet youth, both black and white, to quarantine any Jim Crow conscription system.

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We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions…

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Debs is greater than Lincoln. Debs is the spokesman of the great struggling working class of all races, nationalities, creeds, sexes.

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