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
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
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
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