Quote by Paul Robeson
You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up an

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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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

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Peace
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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

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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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Courage
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Courage is a peculiar kind of fear. – Charles Kennedy

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Courage

Womens courage is rather different from mens. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle. – Mary Wesley

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A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide. – Mickey Mantle

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I have a lot of courage. Im a realist. – Elisabeth Rohm

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Courage

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The sun tires of summer and sighs itself into autumn. – Terri Guillemets

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Look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man and work like a dog. – Caroline K. Simon

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Pessimism is as American as apple pie — frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese. – George F. Will

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When it rains, it pours. You decide what comes down. – Justin Uyehara

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