Curated Quotations

Paul Robeson

Quotations

  • “Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know, from the mouth of the State Department itself, is: I should not be allowed to travel because I have struggled for years for the independence of the colonial peoples of Africa.” -Paul Robeson

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  • “Through the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields of sports, the arts, the struggle for full citizenship for the Negro people, labor’s rights and the fight for peace.” -Paul Robeson

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  • “We must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in peace our most sacred responsibility.” -Paul Robeson

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  • “As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.” -Paul Robeson

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  • “You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and fight for the rights of his people, for the rights of workers, and I have been on many a picket line for the steelworkers too.” -Paul Robeson

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