A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.
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In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.A. Philip Randolph
Freedom is never given; it is won.
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I have waited twenty-two years for this . . . I've waited all my life for this opportunity.
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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.
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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.
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Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action.
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