88 Quotes by Paul Robeson

What do you mean by the Communist Party? As far as I know it is a legal party like the Republican Party and the Democratic Party.

My name is Paul Robeson, and anything I have to say, or stand for, I have said in public all over the world, and that is why I am here today.

At one point American peace sentiment helped to stop Truman from pursuing use of the atom bomb in Korea and helped force the recall of MacArthur.

And today the Negro people watch Africa and Asia and closely follow the liberation struggles of the rising peoples in these lands.

The telling of these truths is an important part of our work in building a strong and broad peace movement in the United States.

I'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 take to Negro songs as their own.

Once we are joined together in the fight for peace we will have to talk to each other and tell the truth about each other. How else can peace be won?

For many years I have so labored and I can say modestly that my name is very much honored all over Africa, in my struggles for their independence.

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