"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."

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Source : "A. Philip Randolph: A Biographical Portrait". Book by Jervis Anderson, epigraph, p. VII, 1972.

A. Philip Randolph

#Race Quotes #Class Quotes #Justice Quotes

“Warriorship is so tender, without skin, without tissue, naked and raw. It is soft and gentle. You have renounced putting on a new suit of armor. You have renounced growing a thick, hard skin. You are willing to expose naked flesh, bone and marrow to the world.”
“The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.”

Source : Marriage and Morals ch. 5 (1929)
“The excellence of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeables evaporate, from their being in close relationship with beauty and truth.”
“What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow.”
“You can know all there is to know about life and mankind, but what do you really know about yourself?”
“Neither awake nor in a dark dream are perilous blades just as they seem.”

Source : Dennis L. McKiernan (2006). “Once Upon a Summer Day”, p.318, Penguin
“Working within the limitations of the shared world generally made the writing easier, because I didn't have to invent any of the characters or background, which is usually the hardest part.”
“Cordelia: I personally don't think it's possible to come up with a crazier plan. Oz: We attack the Mayor with hummus. Cordelia: I stand corrected. Oz: Just keeping things in perspective.”

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