To really know what progress weโre making for children, we have to know how many children we have to begin with. The simple act of counting is an expression of a countryโs intent to take care of its people.
Harry BelafonteAmerica can no longer afford to be as arrogant as we've been. We can no longer exempt ourselves from the global family of concern.
Harry BelafonteI think America offers a dream that cannot be fulfilled as easily anywhere else in the world as it could be fulfilled here. Although oppression was common to all of us, those styles of oppression gave us the opportunity to see the world in dimensions we didn't quite see growing up in any one place.
Harry BelafonteI am a man who perceives life in a certain way, a man who rejects things that defecate on humankind, who rejects anything that will not give people room for dissent.
Harry BelafonteI would hope with all my heart, that Jay Z not take personally what was said... I would like to take this opportunity to say to Jay Z and Beyonce: Iโm wide open, my heart is filled with nothing but hope and the promise that we can sit and have a one-on-one to understand each other.
Harry Belafonte