Paul Robeson Quotes

United States, Actor
April 9, 1898 – January, 23, 1976.

Paul Leroy Robeson was an American bass baritone concert artist and stage and film actor who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political activism.

We must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in peace our most sacred responsibility.

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Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice.

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We must realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands.

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- Future
- Hand
- Realize
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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- Freedom
- Artist
- Choice
We ask for nothing that is not ours by right, and herein lies the great moral power of our demand.

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- Power
- Right
- Demand
As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.

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- Peace
- Silence
- Speak
The answer to injustice is not to silence the critic but to end the injustice.

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- Silence
- Injustice
- Critic
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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- People
- Change
- Forever