“We want the full works of citizenship with no reservations. We will accept nothing less . . . This condition of freedom, equality, and democracy is not the gift of gods. It is the task of men, yes, men, brave men, honest men, determined men.” MenWantAcceptingDemocracyConditionsHonestTasksBraveDeterminedCitizenshipHonest ManGift From GodBrave ManReservationsNo Reservations Author:A. Philip Randolph
“It's easy to get people's attention, what counts is getting their interest.” PeopleEasyInterestAttentionEasy To Get Author:A. Philip Randolph
“A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.” HumansPersonsSocialEnjoyCommunityPowerfulStruggleRightsEconomicHighestSocial JusticeDemocraticHuman RightsCivil RightsMost PowerfulCommunity BuildingSocial DemocracyDemocracy And Human RightsLinkagesBuilding CommunityDemocratic RightsRights In America Author:A. Philip Randolph
“Justice is never given; it is exacted and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing evolving process to higher and higher levels of human, social, economic, political and religious relationship.” HumansFactsPoliticalGivenSocialProcessReligiousJusticeFreedomLevelsStruggleRelationshipEconomicHigherSocial JusticeFinalsEvolveContinuingHigher Level Author: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 and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.” ThinkingWorldLittlesBigsEyeUsedTermMillionsHugeDollarsAffairBillionsDramaticProtestDemonstrationDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceTwinkling Author:A. Philip Randolph
“Freedom is never given; it is won.” InspirationalGivenBlackFreedom4th Of JulyIndependence Day Author:A. Philip Randolph
“Equality is the heart and essence of democracy, freedom, and justice, equality of opportunity in industry, in labor unions, schools and colleges, government, politics, and before the law. There must be no dual standards of justice, no dual rights, privileges, duties, or responsibilities of citizenship. No dual forms of freedom.” HeartGovernmentSchoolFormLawOpportunityJusticeResponsibilityDemocracyRightsCollegeDutyIndustryDiversityStandardsLaborEssenceSocial JusticeUnionsPrivilegeCitizenshipLabor UnionDemocracy FreedomEquality Of OpportunityGovernment PoliticsJustice Equality Author:A. Philip Randolph
“Make wars unprofitable and you make them impossible.” WarMoneyImpossibleAnti WarCost Of WarWar Propaganda Author:A. Philip Randolph
“At the banquet table of nature, there are no reserved seats. You get what you can take, and you keep what you can hold. If you can't take anything, you won't get anything, and if you can't hold anything, you won't keep anything. And you can't take anything without organization.” IfsStruggleOrganizationTablesOrganizedSeatsReservedBanquets Author:A. Philip Randolph
“In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.” TruthExpectedBeneficiaries Author: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 exacted.” GivenNationsJusticeRaceClassSalvationGranted Author:A. Philip Randolph
“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.” Has BeensSocialPoorHavensMovementLaborEssenceTradeUnionsUpliftingNeglectedDespisedLabor UnionSocial MovementsTrade UnionsDowntroddenLabor MovementOrganized LaborUnionismUnion SolidarityLabour Movement Author:A. Philip Randolph
“Winning Democracy for the Negro is winning the war for Democracy” WarWinningDemocracy Author:A. Philip Randolph
“Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action.” StillsActionRevolutionMassPressureOrganizedBroadsAggressiveOrganize Author: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 enemy of the Negro, the coalition of Dixiecrats and reactionary Republicans that seek to dominate the Congress.” LooksSocialEnemySecurityHigherRepublicanForgottenCongressAidsMinimumWagesSocial SecurityMedicareCoalitionsMinimum WageReactionaries Author:A. Philip Randolph
“Those who deplore our militants, who exhort patience in the name of a false peace, are in fact supporting segregation and exploitation. They would have social peace at the expense of social and racial justice. They are more concerned with easing racial tension than enforcing racial democracy.” FactsNamesSocialJusticeDemocracyConcernedForgottenTensionExpensesExploitationSegregationRacial JusticeRacial Tension Author:A. Philip Randolph
“Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.” NationsRaceClassSalvation Author:A. Philip Randolph
