“ This is the basis, and I am not being tried for whether I am a Communist, I am being tried for fighting for the right of my people, who are still second-class citizens in this United States of America Paul Robeson
“ We must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in peace our most sacred responsibility. Paul Robeson
“ Through the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields of sports, the arts, the struggle for full citizenship for the Negro people, labor's rights and the fight for peace. Paul Robeson
“ In 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 notion that danger th… Paul Robeson
“ 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. Paul Robeson
“ You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and fight for the rights of his people, for the rights of workers, and I have been on many a picket line for the steelworkers too. Paul Robeson
“ Four hundred million in India, and millions everywhere, have told you, precisely, that the colored people are not going to die for anybody: they are going to die for their independence. Paul Robeson
“ Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III. Paul Robeson
“ Like 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 for peace. Paul Robeson
“ Could 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 for the independence… Paul Robeson
“ I know that if the peace movement takes its message boldly to the Negro people a powerful force can be secured in pursuit of the greatest goal of all mankind. And the same is true of labor and the gre… Paul Robeson
“ I 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. Paul Robeson
