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> [We have the opportunity now to look at the two billion people in the world who suffer from the most abject poverty, hunger, disease, and devastation. Add to that another two billion people who are just plain poor. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/we-have-the-opportunity-now-to-look-at-the-two-billion-people-in-the/)

[Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/)

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## More by Harry Belafonte

> [As a matter of fact, compromise is what oppression feeds on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/as-a-matter-of-fact-compromise-is-what-oppression-feeds-on/)

[Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/)

> [I think being born in America and growing up exclusively within the American boundaries of race and race oppression is a very different experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/i-think-being-born-in-america-and-growing-up-exclusively-within-the/)

[Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/)

> [Fascism is fascism. Terrorism is terrorism. Oppression is oppression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/fascism-is-fascism-terrorism-is-terrorism-oppression-is-oppression/)

[Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/)

> [If you believe in justice, if you believe in democracy, if you believe in people's rights, if you believe in the harmony of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/if-you-believe-in-justice-if-you-believe-in-democracy-if-you-believe/)

[Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/)

> [Each time we arrive at a new level in extricating ourselves from economic, social, spiritual domination, we have a moment when we dance in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/each-time-we-arrive-at-a-new-level-in-extricating-ourselves-from/)

[Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/)

> [I'm not quite sure precisely when social and political activism became a visible brand of my DNA, but it seems to me that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/i-m-not-quite-sure-precisely-when-social-and-political-activism/)

[Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/)

> [In poor environment, I find great inspiration. Many of the men and women whom I admire as artists, the things they write, the songs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/in-poor-environment-i-find-great-inspiration-many-of-the-men-and/)

[Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/)

> [I didn't like The Wiz and it wasn't because black people were doing it. I didn't like The Wiz because it was a badly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/i-didn-t-like-the-wiz-and-it-wasn-t-because-black-people-were-doing/)

[Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/)

> [I'm always suspicious of celebrities that write about their lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/i-m-always-suspicious-of-celebrities-that-write-about-their-lives/)

[Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/)

> [I became an anti-fascist, and the more I saw what was happening to the peoples of Europe, the Jews, the more I saw the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/i-became-an-anti-fascist-and-the-more-i-saw-what-was-happening-to-the/)

[Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/)

> [Although slavery may have been abolished, the crippling poison of racism still persists, and the struggle still continues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/although-slavery-may-have-been-abolished-the-crippling-poison-of/)

[Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/)

> [Although we had a lot of villainy here in America, Adolf Hitler was certainly the most visible illustration of what would happen if fascism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/although-we-had-a-lot-of-villainy-here-in-america-adolf-hitler-was/)

[Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/)

> [I knew Charlie Parker, and he gave us such a gift with his music. He put so much into so little space, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/i-knew-charlie-parker-and-he-gave-us-such-a-gift-with-his-music-he/)

[Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/)

> [I not only think that they (U.S. leaders) are misguided, but I think they know exactly what they are doing and I think that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/i-not-only-think-that-they-u-s-leaders-are-misguided-but-i-think-they/)

[Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/)

> [Peace is necessary. For justice, it is necessary. For hope, it is necessary, for our future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/peace-is-necessary-for-justice-it-is-necessary-for-hope-it-is/)

[Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/)

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