Democracy Quote by A. Philip Randolph Download Open image “Winning Democracy for the Negro is winning the war for Democracy” — A. Philip Randolph ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Inspirational War Winning
African Americans know implicitly that you cannot take freedoms for granted and that democracy is precious. And it's worth fighting for. — Colin Allred Copy Share Image
I will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy's 'but' too long. — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If I allow the fact that I am a Negro to checkmate my will to do, now, I will inevitably form the habit of… — Paul Williams Copy Share Image
Any time the negro becomes involved in mature political action, then the resistance of the politicians who benefit from the exploited political system as… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The Negro revolt is not aimed at winning friends but at winning freedom, not interpersonal warmth but institutional justice. — John Henry Cox Copy Share Image
“Every hope of the existence of church and of state, and of civilization itself, hangs upon our arduous effort to defeat the doctrine of… — Robert Lewis Dabney Copy Share Image
Negroes are in no mood to shoulder guns for democracy abroad while they are denied democracy here at home. — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
As you know from reading many of these Negro writers, we don't deal too much with the discussion of democracy and what it means… — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
If the Negro knows enough to pay taxes to support the government, he knows enough to vote; taxation and representation should go together. If… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it. — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
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… — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
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… — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
If we have white persons in the March, we are certain to have trouble with the Communists, and it may not be viewed as… — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
Negroes are in no mood to shoulder guns for democracy abroad while they are denied democracy here at home. — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
We want the full works of citizenship with no reservations. We will accept nothing less . . . This condition of freedom, equality, and… — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
Look for the enemies of Medicare, of higher minimum wages, of Social Security, of federal aid to education and there you will find the… — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within. Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is… — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
Lincoln was the spokesman of the rising capitalist class of the North, who viewed the emancipation of Negro slaves as indispensable to the development… — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
I personally pledge myself to openly counsel, aid, and abet youth, both black and white, to quarantine any Jim Crow conscription system. — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions… — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Vote for Donald Trump. You're going to see something and you'll be so happy, you'll be so thrilled. This [presidential] election is about every… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we have given… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image