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> [When I sang my American folk melodies in Budapest, Prague, Tiflis, Moscow, Oslo, or the Hebrides or on the Spanish front, the people understood and wept or rejoiced with the spirit of the songs. I found that where forces have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/when-i-sang-my-american-folk-melodies-in-budapest-prague-tiflis/)

[Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/)

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## More by Paul Robeson

> [I found a special eagerness among the younger, and I am sorry to say, the more intelligent Negroes, to dismiss the spiritual as something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/i-found-a-special-eagerness-among-the-younger-and-i-am-sorry-to-say/)

[Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/)

> [Through my singing and acting and speaking, I want to make freedom ring. Maybe I can touch people's hearts better than I can their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/through-my-singing-and-acting-and-speaking-i-want-to-make-freedom/)

[Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/)

> [Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/artists-are-the-gate-keepers-of-truth-we-are-civilization-s-radical/)

[Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/)

> [To be free . . . to walk the good American earth as equal citizens, to live without fear, to enjoy the fruits of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/to-be-free-to-walk-the-good-american-earth-as-equal-citizens-to-live/)

[Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/)

> [With Othello, Shakespeare posed this problem of a black man in a white society in the role that he's playing. And Shakespeare gave Othello…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/with-othello-shakespeare-posed-this-problem-of-a-black-man-in-a-white/)

[Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/)

> [Get them to sing your song and they will want to know who you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/get-them-to-sing-your-song-and-they-will-want-to-know-who-you-are/)

[Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/)

> [ We \[must\] realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/we-must-realize-that-our-future-lies-chiefly-in-our-own-hands/)

[Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/)

> [But the deep desire for peace remained with the American people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/but-the-deep-desire-for-peace-remained-with-the-american-people/)

[Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/)

> [Through the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields of sports, the arts, the struggle for full citizenship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/through-the-years-i-have-received-my-share-of-recognition-for-efforts/)

[Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/)

> [In all spheres of modern life the influence of Stalin reaches wide and deep. From his last simply written but vastly discerning and comprehensive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/in-all-spheres-of-modern-life-the-influence-of-stalin-reaches-wide/)

[Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/)

> [Artists are the radical voice of civilization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/artists-are-the-radical-voice-of-civilization/)

[Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/)

> [The artist must elect to fight for Freedom or for Slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/the-artist-must-elect-to-fight-for-freedom-or-for-slavery/)

[Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/)

> [The man who accepts Western values absolutely, finds his creative faculties becoming so warped and stunted that he is almost completely dependent on external…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/the-man-who-accepts-western-values-absolutely-finds-his-creative/)

[Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/)

> [Vast quantities of U.S. bombers, tanks and guns have been sent against Ho Chi Minh and his freedom-fighters; and now we are told that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/vast-quantities-of-u-s-bombers-tanks-and-guns-have-been-sent-against/)

[Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/)

> [Four hundred million in India, and millions everywhere, have told you, precisely, that the colored people are not going to die for anybody: they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/four-hundred-million-in-india-and-millions-everywhere-have-told-you/)

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