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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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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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 great democratic sections of our population. – Paul Robeson

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I do have to travel a lot for speaking engagements. – P. J. ORourke

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Why, Id like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. – Aristophanes

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

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I want to do more documentaries and travel to places I havent been. That is where I think I can be fulfilled. – Tatjana Patitz

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Every science is a profane restatement of the preceding dogmas of the religious period. – Francis Parker Yockey

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