The man who accepts Western values absolutely, finds his creative faculties becoming so warped and stunted that he is almost completely dependent on external satisfactions, and the moment he becomes frustrated in his search for these, he begins to develop neurotic symptoms, to feel that life is not worth living, and, in chronic cases, to take his own life.
Paul RobesonAnd, gentlemen, they have not yet done so, and it is quite clear that no Americans, no people in the world probably, are going to war with the Soviet Union.
Paul RobesonThe faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever.
Paul RobesonThis United States Government should go down to Mississippi and protect my people. That is what should happen.
Paul Robeson