I have an inner satisfaction of having done what I thought was right at the time which I thought was propitious. A. Philip Randolph More Quotes by A. Philip Randolph More Quotes From A. Philip Randolph 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 awardpoliticalpowerfootball 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 patriotismpartyloyaltyjustice 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 clothinghighlivefood 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 dayblackhistorypeople 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 winequalityfreedommen I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail. A. Philip Randolph jim-crowi-amjailarmy 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 nationfightworkcountry 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 truetroubleexpressionwhite Debs is greater than Lincoln. Debs is the spokesman of the great struggling working class of all races, nationalities, creeds, sexes. A. Philip Randolph thanworkinggreatclass 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. A. Philip Randolph overtriumphdevelopmentclass Lincoln merely nominally freed the bodies of Negroes. But Debs would free the bodies and minds of Negroes. A. Philip Randolph merelymindswouldfree Negroes are in no mood to shoulder guns for democracy abroad while they are denied democracy here at home. A. Philip Randolph shouldermooddemocracyhome
