Paul RobesonWe [must] realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands. ✨ Paul Robeson (2001). The Undiscovered Paul Robeson , An Artist's Journey, 1898-1939, Wiley372HopeTime
Paul RobesonGet them to sing your song and they will want to know who you are.352Love
Paul RobesonFreedom is a hard-bought thing and millions are in chains, but they strain toward the new day drawing near.363Sadness
Paul RobesonThe faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever. ✨ Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 19… ▶353Humanity
Paul RobesonI 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.342HumanityPolitics
Paul RobesonEvery artist, every scientist, must decide now where he stands. He has no alternative. There is no standing above the conflict on Olympian heights. There are no impartial observer… ▶354Thought
Paul RobesonIn 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 … ▶323ThoughtTruth
Paul RobesonYes, 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 th… ▶312HumanityLove
Paul RobesonWhen I sang my American folk melodies in Budapest, Prague, Tiflis, Moscow, Oslo, or the Hebrides or on the Spanish front, the people understood and wept or rejoiced with the spiri… ▶312DeathHumanity
Paul RobesonFreedom is a hard-bought thing.378Philosophy
Paul RobesonI've learned that my people are not the only ones oppressed... I have sung my songs all over the world and everywhere found that some common bond makes the people of all lands tak… ▶346Humanity
Paul RobesonIn 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,… ▶303HopeHumanityLife
Paul RobesonMy father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have a part of it just like you. ✨ Testimony before House Un-American Activiti… ▶3710DeathHumanity
Paul RobesonThe answer to injustice is not to silence the critic but to end the injustice.303Humor
Paul RobesonArtists are the radical voice of civilization.3610Humanity
Paul RobesonThrough my singing and acting and speaking, I want to make freedom ring. Maybe I can touch people's hearts better than I can their minds, with the common struggle of the common ma… ▶315HumanityLoveThought
Paul RobesonCould 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… ▶261HumanityPolitics
Paul RobesonI did a long concert tour in England and Denmark and Sweden, and I also sang for the Soviet people, one of the finest musical audiences in the world. ✨ Paul Robeson, Philip … ▶338DeathHumanity
Paul RobesonWe must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in peace our most sacred responsibility. ✨ Paul Robeson, Philip Sheldon Foner (1978). Paul Robeson speaks: … ▶316Life
Paul RobesonMy future depends mostly upon myself. ✨ Paul Robeson, Philip Sheldon Foner (1978). Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 1918-1974, Brunner-Routledge3410HopeTime
Paul RobesonIn my music, my plays, my films, I want to carry always this central idea: to be African. ✨ Paul Robeson, Philip Sheldon Foner (1978). Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeche… ▶251Thought
Paul RobesonArtists are the gatekeepers of truth. ✨ Rose McGowan Opens the Women's Convention with a Powerful Speech by Claire Valentine, www.papermag.com. October 28, 2017.262PoliticsTruth
Paul RobesonThe talents of an artist, small or large, are God-given... They are a sacred trust.263Reading
Paul RobesonEvery artist, every scientist, every writer must decide now where he stands. The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight for freedom or for slavery. I have made my choice. … ▶308Time
Paul RobesonYou know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction. ✨ Paul Robeson, Philip Sheldon Foner (1978). Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 1918-1974, Brunner-R… ▶308Truth
Paul RobesonI shall take my voice wherever there are those who want to hear the melody of freedom ✨ Paul Robeson, Philip Sheldon Foner (1978). Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, i… ▶243Philosophy
Paul RobesonI learned that along with the towering achievements of the cultures of ancient Greece and China there stood the culture of Africa, unseen and denied by the imperialist looters of … ▶221Reading
Paul RobesonI stand here struggling for the rights of my people to be full citizens in this country. They are not-in Mississippi. They are not-in Montgomery. That is why I am here today. . . … ▶211Humanity
Paul RobesonLike 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 f… ▶222Humanity
Paul RobesonWhy 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, t… ▶277Humanity
