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We seek the right to play our part in advancing the cause of national defense and national unity. But certainly, there can be no true national unity where one-tenth of the population is denied their basic rights as American citizens.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Advancing American American Citizens Basic Cause Certainly Citizens Defense Denied National National Defense National Unity Our Part Play Population Right Rights Seek True Unity Where

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Justice is never given; it is exacted.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Given Justice Never

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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.'

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: American American Citizens Capital Citizens Country Demand Fight Loyal March Nation Negroes Our Right Slogan Suggest Ten Thousand Washington Work

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The Negro was a political football between his former slave master and Northern political adventurers. The economic basis of this contest was the power to tax, to float bonds, to award franchise: in short, to gain control over the financial resources of the newly organized States.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Award Basis Between Bonds Contest Control Economic Financial Float Football Former Franchise Gain His Master Newly Northern Organized Over Political Power Resources Short Slave States Tax

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Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Class Come Must Nation Race Salvation Within

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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.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Continuing Continuous Economic Evolving Fact Final Freedom Given Higher Human Justice Levels Must Never Political Process Relationship Religious Social Struggle

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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.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Almost Almost All Clothing Cost Democratic Food High Interests Live Negroes Obvious Opposed Parties Republican Shelter Since Suffer Wages Workers

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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.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Certain Communists Expression March May Persons Protest Trouble True Viewed White

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Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless they win equality. They cannot win equality unless they win freedom.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Cannot Equal Equality Free Free Men Freedom Men Must Negroes Order Unless Win

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Debs is greater than Lincoln. Debs is the spokesman of the great struggling working class of all races, nationalities, creeds, sexes.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: All Races Class Creeds Great Greater Lincoln Races Sexes Spokesman Struggling Than Working Working Class

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: January 15th, 1889

Died: May 16th, 1979

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