A. Philip Randolph Quotes

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

A slave cannot be freed, save he do it himself. Nor can you enslave a free man; the very most you can do is kill him!

I am not convinced the truth can make men free, but I believe it a beginning.

To be free is to have achieved your life.

No one, and no mind, was ever emancipated by merely being left alone.

… true emancipation begins neither at the polls nor in the courts. It begins in woman's soul. History tells us that every oppressed class gained true liberation from its masters through its own efforts.

We anarchists do not want to emancipate the people; we want the people to emancipate themselves.

Freedom is the supreme good; freedom from self imposed limitation.

... within every form of oppression lies the seeds of liberation.

in freeing myself from the romantic dream of finding another man to come along and rescue me, I learned that no one can rescue me except myself.

Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

So long as we need to control other people, however benign our motives, we are captive to that need. In giving them freedom, we free ourselves.

You don't become completely free by just avoiding being a slave; you also need to avoid becoming a master.

It is only the oppressed who, by freeing themselves, can free their oppressors.

We're not trying to take power away or rule anybody - we're just trying to get up from under the rulers.

There is only one decision you need to make: You are either working at your Freedom or you are accepting your bondage.

You are free, you just don't know it" ~Michael to Sarah

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.

People have to liberate themselves, because liberation is not a single act. It's a question of eternal vigilance. Otherwise, you'll just become enslaved by someone else.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

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

Render yourself free to choose, to be, to live, to see.

I had always been a free spirit and always gotten what I wanted.