"My mother was born in your state, Mr.……" — Paul Robeson
"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 for George Washington's troops when they crossed the Delaware, and my own father was a slave."
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72 Quotes by Paul Robeson
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The intolerance of the few, or the risk of it, carries the day against the wider humanity of the many.
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The answer to injustice is not to silence the critic but to end the injustice.
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I learned that along with the towering achievements of the cultures of ancient Greece and China there stood the culture…
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My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here…
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This is our home and this is our country. Beneath its soil lie bones of our fathers; for it some…
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Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know, from the mouth of the State Department…
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Like any other people, like fathers, mothers, sons and daughters in every land, when the issue of peace or war…
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I've learned that my people are not the only ones oppressed... I have sung my songs all over the world…
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Get them to sing your song and they will want to know who you are.
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I stand here struggling for the rights of my people to be full citizens in this country. They are not-in…
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In all spheres of modern life the influence of Stalin reaches wide and deep. From his last simply written but…
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As Americans, preserving the best of our traditions, we have the right- nay the duty-to fight for participation in the…
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