Quote by Paul Robeson
Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know, from t

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 of the colonial peoples of Africa. – Paul Robeson

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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 threatened them from the East. – 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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Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation. – Elizabeth Drew

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I like to be at home because I just travel so much. I have four dogs, golden retrievers. – Denise Richards

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I travel to Jakarta, I see what an important country it is. Ive been working with them for a year. – Anatoli Boukreev

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You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world. – William Hazlitt

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