Quotes by A. Philip Randolph

A. Philip Randolph

American labor unionist and civil rights activist

Lived from: 1889 - 1979

Category: Politics

Born: 15 april 1889 Died: 16 may 1979

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  • 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.
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  • I have waited twenty-two years for this... I've waited all my life for this opportunity.
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  • In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.
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  • 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.
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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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  • Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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What are the most famous quotes from A. Philip Randolph?

The two most famous quotes from A. Philip Randolph are:

  • "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."
  • "I have waited twenty-two years for this... I've waited all my life for this opportunity."

When did A. Philip Randolph live?

A. Philip Randolph was born in 1889 and died in the year 1979.