Harry Belafonte quotes

You can cage the singer but not the song. (Harry Belafonte)
Fascism is fascism. Terrorism is terrorism. Oppression is oppression. View quote
Harry Belafonte
Our foreign policy has made a wreck of this planet. I'm always in Africa... And when I go to these places I see American policy written on the walls of oppression everywhere. View quote
Harry Belafonte
This generosity that has been offered to the United States says very much about the Venezuelan spirit. View quote
Harry Belafonte
I think Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people. View quote
Harry Belafonte
I don't think that we are a species or a people that can exist without making mistakes somewhere along the line. View quote
Harry Belafonte
I could have made $2bn or $3bn - and ended up with some very cruel addiction - but I chose to be a civil rights warrior instead. View quote
Harry Belafonte
I have very little regard for consensus if it blinds you to the truth. View quote
Harry Belafonte
In the face of all the inhumanity, their humanity feeds the capacity to endure and continue to pursue honorable solutions to our pain. View quote
Harry Belafonte
Each and every one of you has the power, the will and the capacity to make a difference in the world in which you live in. ... You should go through life knowing, "I am somebody." View quote
Harry Belafonte
Even with all the difficulties and the frustrations that we feel-those of us who have been consistent in this journey-what makes it so remarkably attractive and encouraging are the men and women you meet on the way. I have met some glorious human beings: Eleanor Roosevelt, Fanny Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, and Dr. King, Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela and Che Guevara, and Cesar Chavez and others not quite so famous-they are the ones who really make the journey rewarding. The work I do with UNICEF. The men and women I've met in Rwanda, South Africa, working against HIV/AIDS, and the courageous things that simple, wonderful human beings do for each other. (Harry Belafonte)
Although slavery may have been abolished, the crippling poison of racism still persists, and the struggle still continues. View quote
Harry Belafonte
My activism always existed. My art gave me the platform to do something about the activism. View quote
Harry Belafonte
Movements don't die, because struggle doesn't die. View quote
Harry Belafonte
The pursuit of justice is all I have ever known. View quote
Harry Belafonte
To reach someone's soul, you have to have a social relationship. ... You can't just sit down in the cold world of legal jargon and settle the nuances of racism and what it does to the social and cultural fabric. View quote
Harry Belafonte
There's a place for him, but he's the final determinant as to whether he achieves that or not. View quote
Harry Belafonte
Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy. View quote
Harry Belafonte
If you believe in justice, if you believe in democracy, if you believe in people's rights, if you believe in the harmony of all humankind - then you have no choice but to back Fidel Castro as long as it takes! View quote
Harry Belafonte
When I was 40 and looking at 60, it seemed like a thousand miles away. But 62 feels like a week and a half away from 80. I must now get on with those things I always talked about doing but put off. View quote
Harry Belafonte
You can be arrested and not charged. You can be arrested and have no right to counsel. (Harry Belafonte)
The sham engineers of the music industry, who steer the wheels of public opinion, are driving the good features of calypso into the ground. I shudder to think what these greedy men will eventually do to this true art form. View quote
Harry Belafonte
I work for the United Nations. I go to places where enormous upheaval and pain and anguish exist. View quote
Harry Belafonte
On all levels of life and as each day unfolds, respect for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. grows impressively, and the essence of this respect is the fact that he had deeper insights than most of us have appreciated. It is not mere poetry to call him prophetic. View quote
Harry Belafonte
I must now get on with those things I always talked about doing but put off. View quote
Harry Belafonte