In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington. - 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. And no Fascist-minded people will drive me from it. Is that clear?

Films make me into some cheap turn...You bet they'll never let me play a part in a film where a Negro is on top.

It is the government's duty to put down any opposition to this really free society with a firm hand, he continued, and I hope they will always do it, for I already regard myself at home here. This is home to me. I feel more kinship to the Russian people under their new society than I ever felt anywhere else. It is obvious that there is no terror here, that all the masses of every race are contented and support their government.