We must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in peace our most sacred responsibility.

This United States Government should go down to Mississippi and protect my people. That is what should happen.

The faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever.

Artists are the radical voice of civilization.

At every step the vast majority have expressed horror at the idea of an aggressive war.

Yes, I heard my people singing!-in the glow of parlor coal-stove and on summer porches sweet with lilac air, from choir loft and Sunday morning pews-and my soul was filled with their harmonies.

The talents of an artist, small or great, are God-given. They've nothing to do with the private person; they're nothing to be proud of. They're just a sacred trust... Having been given, I must give. Man shall not live by bread alone, and what the farmer does I must do. I must feed the people - with my songs.