We ask for nothing that is not ours by right, and herein lies the great moral power of our demand. Paul Robeson More Quotes by Paul Robeson More Quotes From Paul Robeson Yes, I heard my people singing!-in the glow of parlor coal-stove and on summer porches sweet with lilac air, from choir loft and Sunday morning pews-and my soul was filled with their harmonies. Paul Robeson summer morning sweet Sometimes great injustices may be inflicted on the minority when the majority is in the pursuit of a great and just cause. Paul Robeson minorities causes may I am truly happy that I am able to travel from time to time to the USSR the country I love above all. I always have been, I am now and will always be a loyal friend of the Soviet Union. Paul Robeson unions loyal country The Korean war has always been an unpopular war among the American people. Paul Robeson korean war people Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know, from the mouth of the State Department itself, is: I should not be allowed to travel because I have struggled for years for the independence of the colonial peoples of Africa. Paul Robeson independence years travel 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 our-world humanity years Like any other people, like fathers, mothers, sons and daughters in every land, when the issue of peace or war has been put squarely to the American people, they have registered for peace. Paul Robeson mothers-day daughter inspiring But the deep desire for peace remained with the American people. Paul Robeson deep-desire desire people I said it was my feeling that the American people would struggle for peace, and that has since been underscored by the President of these United States. Paul Robeson struggle feelings people And at home in the United States we found continued and increased persecution, first of leaders of the Communist Party, and then of all honest anti-fascists. Paul Robeson party leader home This is the basis, and I am not being tried for whether I am a Communist, I am being tried for fighting for the rights of my people, who are still second-class citizens in this United States of America. Paul Robeson i-am fighting america people 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. Paul Robeson my-own mother time father Four hundred million in India, and millions everywhere, have told you, precisely, that the colored people are not going to die for anybody: they are going to die for their independence. Paul Robeson die you independence people The other reason that I am here today, again from the State Department and from the court record of the court of appeals, is that when I am abroad I speak out against the injustices against the Negro people of this land. Paul Robeson i-am speak today people
