A. Philip Randolph Quotes

... equal responsibilities are less popular than equal rights.

Rights that were not open to all alike would be no rights.

You must make sure that the majority of the people are not marginalized.

… a social right

We need to fight for the equal rights of citizens.

I really am focused on making sure we're doing everything we can so every single person in our country... has the right to thrive... and live in a just and equitable society.

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

Minority rights are just as important as majority decisions.

Equal Rights

Create power for the powerless.

We seek not just freedom, but opportunity … not just equality as a right and a theory, but equality as a fact and as a result.

This democracy is shaped by equality of opportunity.

The rights, privileges and responsibilities of full American citizenship. This is all that the Negro asks. He will not willingly accept less. As long as America offers less, she will be that much less a democracy. The whole way is the American way

We are justified in believing that the success of this movement for equality of the sexes means more progress toward equality of the races.

I hope that we always have diversity, that we have equality and representation every step of the way.

I just believe in equality for all.

I can't serve just the Negro cause. I've got to serve all the people of Massachusetts.

I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.'

I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.

We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spirit.

I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.

My heart is committed to giving everyone the same rights that I deserve for myself.

We will not build a society that reflects who we are and that has opportunities for equality or justice if we don't make progress for all participants.

Everybody thinks that equality comes from identifying people, and that's not where equality comes from.

The Fairness Project is endeavoring to try to do what we can to make a fairer society.