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As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak

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

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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, labors rights and the fight for peace. – Paul Robeson

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Peace
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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

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Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III. – Paul Robeson

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Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains. – William Shakespeare

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As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, which ironically began six years ago this week. – George J. Mitchell

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War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace. – Benito Mussolini

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In time of peace prepare for war. – Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

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