KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

A. Philip Randolph Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by A. Philip Randolph

Showing 1-10 of 24 Quotes by A. Philip Randolph

Patriotism has no appeal to us; justice has. Party has no weight with us; principle has. Loyalty is meaningless; it depends on what one is loyal to.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Appeal Depends Justice Loyal Loyalty Meaningless Party Patriotism Principle Us Weight

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I have an inner satisfaction of having done what I thought was right at the time which I thought was propitious.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Done Having Inner Right Satisfaction Thought Time Which

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Freedom is never given; it is won.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Freedom Given Never Won

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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 it, and we had to win.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Black Day Die Ever Great Had History Hopelessness Knew Labor Labor Movement Live Movement People Remember Single Single Day Stick The History Of Trial Undertaking Win

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Beneficiaries Cannot Destroy Every Expected System Truth

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

Topics: Aid Any Black Black And White Both Conscription Counsel Crow Jim Jim Crow Myself Openly Personally Pledge System White Youth

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Biggest Civil Community Democratic Economic Enjoy Highest Humblest Most Most Powerful Only Person Possess Powerful Rights Social Weakest

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Against Deprive Fight Got Resent Resist Rights Someone Tried You Your

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Freedom is never granted; it is won.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Freedom Granted Never Won

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Affairs Because Big Billions Billions Of Dollars Counts Demonstrations Develop Dollars Dramatic Eye Huge Hundreds Hundreds Of Thousands Little Millions Must Nothing Terms Think Thousands Used World

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: January 15th, 1889

Died: May 16th, 1979

Links

Find A. Philip Randolph on Amazon

Related Authors

Susan B. Anthony
Cesar Chavez
Noam Chomsky
Rosa Parks
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Gloria Steinem
Harriet Tubman
Malcolm X

Popular Authors

Wayne Gretzky H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Billie Jean King Groucho Marx Dr. Seuss Simon Sinek Socrates Margaret Thatcher

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1875 - Rainer Maria Rilke

1969 - Jay-Z

1795 - Thomas Carlyle

1835 - Samuel Butler

1860 - Lillian Russell

1865 - Edith Cavell

1866 - Wassily Kandinsky

1892 - Francisco Franco

1908 - Alfred Day Hershey

1908 - Alfred Hershey

Birthdays on December 4th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Age Architecture Best Faith Food New Year's Teen Travel