I admit that I do not recall the speeches of Comrades [Earl] Browder and [Samuel] Darcy. I do not even recall of what they spoke. It is possible that they said something of this nature. But it was not the Soviet people who created the American Communist Party. It was created by Americans.

Of all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.

To assert that we desire to bring about revolution in other countries, by interfering with their lives, is to speak of something which does not exist and which we never preach.

There is no nation in the whole world desiring war.

Everybody has a right to be stupid, but some people abuse the privilege.

American Communists have the opportunity to preach freely their ideas. It would be absolutely wrong to hold the Soviet government responsible for activities of the American Communists.

[American Communist Party] legally exists in the U.S.A., it nominates its candidates in the elections, including Presidential elections.