"Freedom is never given; it is won." — A. Philip Randolph
"Freedom is never given; it is won."
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A. Philip Randolph
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16 Quotes by A. Philip Randolph
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Equality is the heart and essence of democracy, freedom, and justice, equality of opportunity in industry, in labor unions, schools…
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Make wars unprofitable and you make them impossible.
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At the banquet table of nature, there are no reserved seats. You get what you can take, and you keep…
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In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.
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Power is the flower of organization.
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Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within. Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is…
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The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised,…
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Winning Democracy for the Negro is winning the war for Democracy
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Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action.
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Look for the enemies of Medicare, of higher minimum wages, of Social Security, of federal aid to education and there…
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Those who deplore our militants, who exhort patience in the name of a false peace, are in fact supporting segregation…
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Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
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