Sometimes great injustices may be inflicted on the minority when the majority is in the pursuit of a great and just cause. Paul Robeson More Quotes by Paul Robeson More Quotes From Paul Robeson You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction. Paul Robeson medaldictionactors Freedom is a hard-bought thing and millions are in chains, but they strain toward the new day drawing near. Paul Robeson drawingfreedomnew-day The course of history can be changed but not halted. Paul Robeson courseschanged I shall take my voice wherever there are those who want to hear the melody of freedom Paul Robeson melodyvoicewant At every step the vast majority have expressed horror at the idea of an aggressive war. Paul Robeson majoritywarideas Americans will be amazed to find ho many of the modern dance steps are relics of the African heritage. Paul Robeson heritageballetsteps As Americans, preserving the best of our traditions, we have the right- nay the duty-to fight for participation in the forward march of humanity Paul Robeson marchfightinghumanity Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III. Paul Robeson destructionwarworld 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? Never! I can assure you, they will never fight against either the Soviet Union or the peoples' democracies. Paul Robeson democracyfightingpeople For the first time since I began acting, I feel that I've found my place in the world, that there's something out of my own culture which i can express and perhaps help others preserve..i have found out now that the African natives had a definite culture a long way beyond the culture of the Stone age...an integrated thing, which is still unspoiled by western influences...I think the Americans will be amazed to find how many of the modern dance steps are relics of African heritage. Paul Robeson helping-otherslongthinking Vast quantities of U.S. bombers, tanks and guns have been sent against Ho Chi Minh and his freedom-fighters; and now we are told that soon it will be 'advisable' to send America GI's into Indo-China in order that the tin, rubber and tungsten of Southeast Asia be kept by the "free world"-meaning white Imperialism. Paul Robeson gunwhiteorder Films make me into some cheap turn...You bet they'll never let me play a part in a film where a Negro is on top. Paul Robeson let-mefilmplay If the United States and the United Nations truly want peace and security let them fulfill the hopes of the common people everywhere - let them work together to accomplish on a worldwide scale, precisely the kind of democratic association of free people which characterizes the Soviet Union today. Paul Robeson togetherwantpeople I found a special eagerness among the younger, and I am sorry to say, the more intelligent Negroes, to dismiss the spiritual as something beneath their new pride in their race. It is as if they wanted to put it behind them as something to be ashamed of. Paul Robeson pridespiritualsorry I am being tried for fighting for the right of my people, who are still second-class citizens in this United States of America. Paul Robeson fightingclassamerica Through the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields of sports, the arts, the struggle for full citizenship for the Negro people, labor's rights and the fight for peace. Paul Robeson strugglesportsart Freedom is a hard-bought thing. Paul Robeson hardfreedom 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 to drive into American minds the false notion that danger threatened them from the East. Paul Robeson hysterialandclass 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 war with the Soviet Union. Paul Robeson gentlemanwarpeople This United States Government should go down to Mississippi and protect my people. That is what should happen. Paul Robeson united-statesgovernmentpeople
