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“The answer to injustice is not to silence the critic, but to end the injustice.”
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“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 the resistance movement fought against Hitler.”
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“This is the basis, and I am not being tried for whether I am a Communist, I am being tried for fighting for the right of my people, who are still second-class citizens in this United States of America”
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“There are others, honest men beyond all doubt and sincerely concerned with their people's welfare, who seem to feel that it is the duty of a leader to discourage Negro mass action. They think that best results can be achieved by the quiet negotiations they carry on. And so when something happens that arouses the masses of people, and when the people gather in righteous anger to demand that militant actions be started, such men believe it their duty to cool things off.”
― Here I Stand
― Here I Stand
“The man who accepts Western values absolutely, finds his creative faculties becoming so warped and stunted that he is almost completely dependent on external satisfactions; and the moment he becomes frustrated in his search for these, he begins to develop neurotic symptoms, to feel that life is not worth living, and, in chronic cases, to take his own life.”
― Paul Robeson Speaks: Writings, Speeches, and Interviews, a Centennial Celebration
― Paul Robeson Speaks: Writings, Speeches, and Interviews, a Centennial Celebration
“The Korean war has always been an unpopular war among the American people.”
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“We must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in peace our most sacred responsibility.”
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“In all spheres of modern life the influence of Stalin reaches wide and deep. From his last simply written but vastly discerning and comprehensive document, back through the years, his contributions to the science of our world society remain invaluable. One reverently speaks of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin—the shapers of humanity’s richest present and future.” – Paul Robeson”
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“In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being – no colour prejudice like in Mississippi, no colour prejudice like in Washington.”
When one of the committee members angrily demanded: “Why did you not stay in Russia?”, Robeson retorted, quick as a flash: “Because my father was a slave, and my people died to build this country, and I am going to stay right here and have a piece of it, just like you. And no fascist-minded people will drive me from it. Is that clear?”
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When one of the committee members angrily demanded: “Why did you not stay in Russia?”, Robeson retorted, quick as a flash: “Because my father was a slave, and my people died to build this country, and I am going to stay right here and have a piece of it, just like you. And no fascist-minded people will drive me from it. Is that clear?”
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