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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We must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in peace our most sacred responsibility. – 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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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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Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how. – Thomas Merton

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So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter. – Zora Neale Hurston

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Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. – Thomas Szasz

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Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties. – Benjamin Banneker

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When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

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