"Every artist, every scientist, must decide now where he stands. He has no alternative. There is no standing above the conflict on Olympian heights. There are no impartial observers. Through the destruction, in certain countries, of the greatest of man's literary heritage, through the propagation of false ideas of racial and national superiority, the artist, the scientist, the writer is challenged. The struggle invades the formerly cloistered halls of our universities and other seats of learning. The battlefront is everywhere. There is no sheltered rear."

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Source : Paul Robeson, Philip Sheldon Foner (1978). “Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 1918-1974”, Brunner-Routledge

Paul Robeson

#Country Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Men Quotes

“I'm not gay, and I'm not a superhero”
“Death is the next step after the pension-it's perpetual retirement without pay.”
“I grew up in Newquay, on the Atlantic coast and there developed a love of the sea and boats.”
“Ever since I'm done with Zim everyone thinks that I'm going to go back to comics. I've been flooded with emails asking me if I'm working on the new Johnny over and over again.”
“I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance.”

Source : Charles Portis (2011). “True Grit”, p.244, A&C Black
“It is better to start over than to continue down a path that you know is wrong for your Soul.”
“In speaking of the Energy of the field, however, I wish to be understood literally. All energy is the same as mechanical energy, whether it exists in the form of motion or in that of elasticity, or in any other form. The energy in electromagnetic phenomena is mechanical energy.”

Source : James Clerk Maxwell (2013). “The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell”, p.564, Courier Corporation
“I thought if I could understand why apes get mean and horrible and aggressive when they grow up, maybe I could understand why people get mean and horrible and aggressive and have wars.”

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