I never met a white person till I was a grown man. I never went to school with a white till I was twenty-six years old, at Harvard Law School. The insult of segregation was searing and unforgettable. It has… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
I'm aware that because America is so powerful - with its tentacles reaching out to the world - one doesn't escape it by leaving.… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
Democracy requires that if you who don't like the outcome of elections you have to tolerate it and then pursue your interest the next… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
Black people in America have to, for their own protection, develop a defense mechanism, and I just grew terribly tired of it. When you… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
Whites have more than eleven times the net worth or wealth of African Americans. They make greater salaries. Our unemployment rate is twice theirs.… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
“Unbalanced power poisons introspection. In its vacated space lay living society's imperative questions, unseen, unphrased, unasked, unanswered.” — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
I think people involved with institutions find it harder to know the time to go than the time to come. — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
I've never had any trouble opposing people I've been close to. I've never worried about offending or bothering people I feel strongly about. — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
Reagan was conservative, but he didn't approach global management with an unbending religious zeal. — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
The whole future of America's black community is at risk. One out of every three young black men in Washington, D.C., is under one… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
I don't know of any situation where you're going to have an officeholder in a country of eight million people who's cut off at… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
We all have to die, and I preferred to have just one death. It seems to me that to suffer insult without response is… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
I got a chance to be in a society where the barriers between classes - social and economic - are not insuperable, where money… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
I've always thought I had pretty good instincts for people. There is a short list of people I've worked with over my career with… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
The U.S. has the largest prison population in the world: two million people. One out of every eight prisoners in the world is an… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
