Art is not just to show life as it is, but to show life as it should be.

- Paul Robeson

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 …

- Paul Robeson

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 Stat…

- Paul Robeson

I shall take my voice wherever there are those who want to hear the melody of freedom or the words that might inspire hope and courage in the face of…

- Paul Robeson

My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have a part of it just like you.

- Paul Robeson

Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice.

- 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

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 sl…

- Paul Robeson

We [must] realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands.

- Paul Robeson