A. Philip Randolph Quotes

My long struggles as a soldier of the Chinese Revolution have forced me to realize the necessity of facing hard facts. There will be neither peace, nor hope, nor future for any of us unless we honestly aim at political, social and economic justice for all peoples of the world, great and small.

Democracy is a destiny of humanity which cannot be averted. It can be delayed but not defeated.

The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.

When liberty is on the march, we ought to be with it.

Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.

I think that we must face the fact that in reality, you cannot have economic and political equality without having some form of social equality. I think this is inevitable.

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

Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying.

Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.

Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity's belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul, and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all.

This liberty will look easy by and by when nobody dies to get it.

Revolution is about the need to re-evolve political, economic and social justice and power back into the hands of the people, preferably through legislation and policies that make human sense. That's what revolution is about. Revolution is not about shootouts.

It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.

The man of the millennium is much more liberated than the man of the '90s.

A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.

We want order and security, and we want liberty. And we want not only liberty but equality as well.

All the political rights and liberties which people enjoy today, they do not owe to the good will of their governments, but to their own strength

Asserting the equality of all men before the law, we hold that it is the duty of the government, in its dealings with the people, to mete out equal and exact justice to all citizens, of whatever nativity, race or persuasion—religious or political.

There can be no socialism without democracy.

All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man.

The consciences of the American people will not be permitted to slumber until this great constitutional right, the equality of the suffrage, equality of opportunity, freedom of political action and political thought, shall not be the mere cold formalities of constitutional enactment as now, but a living birthright which the poorest and humblest, white or black, native born or naturalized citizen, may confidently enjoy, and which the richest and most powerful dare not deny.

Economic democracy and political democracy are like two legs of a person. They must go side by side…. Once people know about their rights and claim their rights, nothing is going to stop them.

All the efforts of Lafayette, Kosciuszko and Garibaldi, and all the faith of Mazzini, Mickiewicz and Michelet, were defeated by the fundamental truth that the people they sought to liberate and make happy were simply not interested.

Democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave.

By 'Freedom' for Negroes, I meant and still mean, full economic, political and Social equality with American citizens, in thought, expression and action, with no discrimination based on race or color.