I've always been supportive of the right of Israel as a state, and I've always fought against anti-Semitism, even in my own community.
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The idea that you work in the house of the master is almost in itself its own opportunity to do some mischief and make a difference, but when you are in that place and you help perpetuate the master's policy that perpetuates oppression and pain for many others, then something has to be said about it, ... And the master in this instance, of course, was the president of the United States.Harry Belafonte
I not only think that they are misguided, but I think they know exactly what they are doing, and I think that they are men who are possessed of evil.
Harry Belafonte
You can be arrested and not charged. You can be arrested and have no right to counsel.
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.
Harry Belafonte
In his Jerusalem Post interview, Belafonte also reiterated his claim that the policies of the Bush administration are very much similar to the things that were done when Hitler was on the rise. ... that 'sometimes the Jewish people have laid claim to such a high and pure morality' that they take great exception to facts which challenge that claim, despite that theirs 'is a DNA that sits within the entire human family'.
Harry Belafonte
I see in Silvio a voice constantly trying to bring hope, and belief in a future humanity that we could all enjoy,
Harry Belafonte
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