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Paul Robeson was an American athlete, actor, singer, and activist.
He was born in 1898 in Princeton, New Jersey. He was a three-time All-American football player and also a great track and field athlete at Rutgers University. He played in the Negro leagues for several years, first signing with the Newark Bears of the International League in 1925.
In 1926 he traveled to Russia to play for the Moscow Spartakiad team that went on to win first place in its league. His success led him to be signed by the New York Giants later that year where he became their second African American player after Cool Papa Bell. Robeson won four World Series titles with the Giants as well as two Pennant winners.
Check out his most inspiring quotes. He was able to teach the world lessons like responsibility and peace through both hardship- and determination.
Top 23 Most Inspirational Paul Robeson Quotes
1. “Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice.” ― Paul Robeson
2. “Once we are joined together in the fight for peace we will have to talk to each other and tell the truth about each other. How else can peace be won?” – Paul Robeson
3. “I do not hesitate one second to state clearly and unmistakably: I belong to the American resistance movement which fights against American imperialism, just as the resistance movement fought against Hitler.” ― Paul Robeson
4. “Whether I am or am not a Communist is irrelevant. The question is whether American citizens, regardless of their political beliefs or sympathies, may enjoy their constitutional rights.” ― Paul Robeson
5. “My future depends mostly upon myself.” ― Paul Robeson
6. “Every artist, every scientist, every writer must decide now where he stands. The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight for freedom or for slavery. I have made my choice. I had no alternative.” ― Paul Robeson
7. “Freedom is a hard-bought thing.” ― Paul Robeson
8. “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
9. “The artist must elect to fight for Freedom or for Slavery.” ― Paul Robeson
10. “We ask for nothing that is not right, and herein lies the great power of our demand.” ― Paul Robeson
11. “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, labor’s rights and the fight for peace.” ― Paul Robeson
12. “For many years I have so labored and I can say modestly that my name is very much honored all over Africa, in my struggles for their independence.” ― Paul Robeson
13. “The intolerance of the few, or the risk of it, carries the day against the wider humanity of the many.” ― Paul Robeson
14. “Freedom is a hard-bought thing and millions are in chains, but they strain toward the new day drawing near.” ― Paul Robeson
15. “But the deep desire for peace remained with the American people.” ― Paul Robeson
16. “Artists are the gatekeepers of truth.” ― Paul Robeson
17. “In my music, my plays, my films, I want to carry always this central idea: to be African.” ― Paul Robeson
18. “We must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in peace our most sacred responsibility.” ― Paul Robeson
19. “We must realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands.” ― Paul Robeson
20. “Get them to sing your song and they will want to know who you are.” ― Paul Robeson
21. “Sometimes great injustices may be inflicted on the minority when the majority is in the pursuit of a great and just cause.” ― Paul Robeson
22. “The course of history can be changed but not halted.” ― Paul Robeson
23. “The answer to injustice is not to silence the critic but to end the injustice.” ― Paul Robeson
