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 it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with… — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected, the downtrodden, the poor. — A. Philip Randolph 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
