A. Philip Randolph Quotations

Winning Democracy for the Negro is winning the war for Democracy

Power is the flower of organization.

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.

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

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

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.

It's easy to get people's attention, what counts is getting their interest.

Make wars unprofitable and you make them impossible.

Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within. Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted.

Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action.