Whether I am or am not a Communist is irrelevant. The question is whether American citizens, regardless of their political beliefs or sympathies, may enjoy their constitutional rights.

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

I feel closer to my country than ever. There is no longer a feeling of lonesome isolation. Instead-peace. I return without fearing prejudice that once bothered me . . . for I know that people practice cruel bigotry in their ignorance, not maliciously

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

The intolerance of the few, or the risk of it, carries the day against the wider humanity of the many.

My future depends mostly upon myself.

You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and fight for the rights of his people, for the rights of workers, and I have been on many a picket line for the steelworkers too.