Artists are the gatekeepers of truth. We are civilization’s anchor. We are the compass for humanity’s conscience.

- Harry Belafonte

As a matter of fact, compromise is what oppression feeds on.

- Harry Belafonte

We Have Got To Bring Corporate America To Its Knees

- Harry Belafonte

In the gun game, we are the most hunted. The river of blood that washes the streets of our nation flows mostly from the bodies of our black children.

- Harry Belafonte

Anti-democracy...is a virus that exists, and pro-democracy is the antibody to that virus, and I think we have to become vigilant, and we have to stay…

- Harry Belafonte

I am who I am despite what America has put before me. I am who I am despite the obstacles that we have all faced based upon race and based upon socia…

- Harry Belafonte

When I was born, I was colored. I soon became a Negro. Not long after that I was black. Most recently I was African-American. It seems we're on a rol…

- Harry Belafonte

Art in its highest form is art that serves and instructs society and human development.

- Harry Belafonte

The human spirit is resilient and truth - no matter how long you abuse it and how long you try to crush it - will, as Dr. King would say, rise up aga…

- Harry Belafonte