America Quote by Harry Belafonte Download Open image “Where is the raised voice of black America? Why are we mute?” — Harry Belafonte ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare America Black Black america Mute Raised Voice
Somebody has always wanted me to speak as a voice of black America, but it has dawned on me that I can only speak… — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
Blacks, especially in America, have been raised with a slave mentality - they don't feel that they have the right to speak as loud… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
When the culture is strong, you've got this consistency where black people can grow up in these places with this voice just resonating about… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
I am black, so with my writing and my voice, you get that kind of dialect. — Steven Caple Jr Copy Share Image
The goal of some individuals in government is not to hear the voices of Black Americans at all. It's to hear the voices that… — Mark Robinson Copy Share Image
So for a long time I closed my eyes to the possibility of America having a white voice. — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
The voice of America has no undertones or overtones in it. It repeats its optimistic catchwords in a tireless monologue that has the slightly… — Vance Palmer Copy Share Image
Most black singers like to slow the word down and, and go directly to your heart. They're not interested in your ears, we just… — Ben E. King Copy Share Image
'The Voice' is not just a singing competition. It really comes down to how you come off as a person and how you connect… — Judith Hill Copy Share Image
Those that have a voice have to speak for those of us who are silenced. — Mike Leach Copy Share Image
Why are we mute? Where are our leaders, our legislators? Where is the church? — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
I think being born in America and growing up exclusively within the American boundaries of race and race oppression is a very different experience… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
Fascism is fascism. Terrorism is terrorism. Oppression is oppression. — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
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… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
Each time we arrive at a new level in extricating ourselves from economic, social, spiritual domination, we have a moment when we dance in… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
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… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
In poor environment, I find great inspiration. Many of the men and women whom I admire as artists, the things they write, the songs… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
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… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
I'm always suspicious of celebrities that write about their lives. — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
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… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
Although slavery may have been abolished, the crippling poison of racism still persists, and the struggle still continues. — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
Although we had a lot of villainy here in America, Adolf Hitler was certainly the most visible illustration of what would happen if fascism… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it was about... in the… — Val Guest Copy Share Image
So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. [salutes] — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
We need a system that serves our needs, not the needs of others. Remember, under a Trump administration it's called America first. Remember that. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
America, you're sending girls a mixed message. On one hand, you're saying to have positive body image and love who we are; on the… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image