Chains Quote 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…

— 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…

— Paul Robeson

Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice.

— Paul Robeson

To be free . . . to walk the good American earth as equal citizens, to live without fear, to enjoy the fruits of…

— 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…

— Paul Robeson

Get them to sing your song and they will want to know who you are.

— Paul Robeson

We [must] realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands.

— Paul Robeson

But the deep desire for peace remained with the American people.

— 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…

— 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…

— Paul Robeson

Artists are the radical voice of civilization.

— Paul Robeson

The artist must elect to fight for Freedom or for Slavery.

— Paul Robeson