Democracy freedom Quotes by A. Philip Randolph

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

— A. Philip Randolph

Justice is never given; it is exacted.

— A. Philip Randolph

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

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

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

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

— A. Philip Randolph

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

— A. Philip Randolph

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

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

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

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

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