I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
A. PHILIP RANDOLPHIn every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.
More A. Philip Randolph Quotes
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Lincoln merely nominally freed the bodies of Negroes. But Debs would free the bodies and minds of Negroes.
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The Negro was a political football between his former slave master and Northern political adventurers.
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Loyalty is meaningless; it depends on what one is loyal to.
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If someone tried to deprive you of your rights, you’ve got to resist it. You’ve got to resent it. You’ve got to fight against it.
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Freedom is never given; it is won.
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I have an inner satisfaction of having done what I thought was right at the time which I thought was propitious.
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Lincoln was the spokesman of the rising capitalist class of the North, who viewed the emancipation of Negro slaves as indispensable to the development and triumph of the manufacturers and bankers of the industrial North, East and West over the slave-holder of the South.
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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 the right to work and fight for our country.’
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Freedom is never granted; it is won.
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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 true expression of the Negro’s protest.
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Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
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In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.
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Men cannot win freedom unless they win equality. They cannot win equality unless they win freedom.
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Since almost all Negroes are workers, live on wages, and suffer from the high cost of food, clothing and shelter, it is obvious that the Republican and Democratic Parties are opposed to their interests.
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Negroes are in no mood to shoulder guns for democracy abroad while they are denied democracy here at home.
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