Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know, from the mouth of the State Department itself, is: I should not be allowed to travel because I have struggled for years for the independence of the colonial peoples of Africa.

The answer to injustice is not to silence the critic but to end the injustice.

Freedom is a hard-bought thing and millions are in chains, but they strain toward the new day drawing near.

I did a long concert tour in England and Denmark and Sweden, and I also sang for the Soviet people, one of the finest musical audiences in the world.

My future depends mostly upon myself.

Why should the Negroes ever fight against the only nations of the world where racial discrimination is prohibited, and where the people can live freely? Never! I can assure you, they will never fight against either the Soviet Union or the peoples' democracies.

Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III.