Paul Robeson Quotes
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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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Every 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. I had no alternative.
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Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice.
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We ask for nothing that is not ours by right, and herein lies the great moral power of our demand.
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We must realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands.
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The answer to injustice is not to silence the critic but to end the injustice.
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The faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever.
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Art is not just to show life as it is, but to show life as it should be.