But the deep desire for peace remained with the American people.

Quote by Paul Robeson

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This United States Government should go down to Mississippi and protect my people. That is...

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The Korean war has always been an unpopular war among the American people.

In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color...

In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color...

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And, gentlemen, they have not yet done so, and it is quite clear that no...

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You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and...

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As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak...

My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker,...

My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker,...

We must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in...

We must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in...

Four hundred million in India, and millions everywhere, have told you, precisely, that the colored...

Four hundred million in India, and millions everywhere, have told you, precisely, that the colored...

Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know, from the...

Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know, from the...

I know that if the peace movement takes its message boldly to the Negro people...

I know that if the peace movement takes its message boldly to the Negro people...

And at home in the United States we found continued and increased persecution, first of...

And at home in the United States we found continued and increased persecution, first of...

I did a long concert tour in England and Denmark and Sweden, and I also...

I did a long concert tour in England and Denmark and Sweden, and I also...

The other reason that I am here today, again from the State Department and from...

The other reason that I am here today, again from the State Department and from...

I do not hesitate one second to state clearly and unmistakably: I belong to the...

I do not hesitate one second to state clearly and unmistakably: I belong to the...

At every step the vast majority have expressed horror at the idea of an aggressive...

At every step the vast majority have expressed horror at the idea of an aggressive...

Like any other people, like fathers, mothers, sons and daughters in every land, when the...

Like any other people, like fathers, mothers, sons and daughters in every land, when the...

In fact, because of this deep desire for peace, the ruling class leaders of this...

In fact, because of this deep desire for peace, the ruling class leaders of this...

Why should the Negroes ever fight against the only nations of the world where racial...

Why should the Negroes ever fight against the only nations of the world where racial...

This is the basis, and I am not being tried for whether I am a...

This is the basis, and I am not being tried for whether I am a...