Paul Robeson Quotes

The answer to injustice is not to silence the critic but to end the injustice.

I do not hesitate one second to state clearly and unmistakably: I belong to the American resistance movement which fights against American imperialism, just as the resistance movement fought against Hitler.

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.

Through 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 man.

In my music, my plays, my films, I want to carry always this central idea: to be African.

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.