Best Paul Robeson Sayings
- I do not hesitate one second to state clearly and unmistakably: I belong to the American resistance movement which fights against American imperialism, just as… American
- In fact, because of this deep desire for peace, the ruling class leaders of this land, from 1945 on, stepped up the hysteria and propaganda… American
- This United States Government should go down to Mississippi and protect my people. That is what should happen. Down
- In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington.… Color
- Why should the Negroes ever fight against the only nations of the world where racial discrimination is prohibited, and where the people can live freely?… Assure
- We must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in peace our most sacred responsibility. All
- You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction. Actor
- I did a long concert tour in England and Denmark and Sweden, and I also sang for the Soviet people, one of the finest musical… Audience
- The Korean war has always been an unpopular war among the American people. American
- To be free . . . to walk the good American earth as equal citizens, to live without fear, to enjoy the fruits of our… American
- The artist must elect to fight for Freedom or for Slavery. Artist
- Freedom is a hard-bought thing and millions are in chains, but they strain toward the new day drawing near. Bought
- 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. Always Speak
- Every artist, every scientist, must decide now where he stands. He has no alternative. There is no standing above the conflict on Olympian heights. There… Alternative
- 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 such… Acting
- And, gentlemen, they have not yet done so, and it is quite clear that no Americans, no people in the world probably, are going to… American
- Four hundred million in India, and millions everywhere, have told you, precisely, that the colored people are not going to die for anybody: they are… Anybody
- I know that if the peace movement takes its message boldly to the Negro people a powerful force can be secured in pursuit of the… All
- The other reason that I am here today, again from the State Department and from the court record of the court of appeals, is that… Abroad
- This is the basis, and I am not being tried for whether I am a Communist, I am being tried for fighting for the rights… America
- Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III. Destruction
- My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker, and my ancestors in the time of Washington baked bread… Ancestors