Freedom is a hard-bought thing.

And, gentlemen, they have not yet done so, and it is quite clear that no Americans, no people in the world probably, are going to war with the Soviet Union.

When I sang my American folk melodies in Budapest, Prague, Tiflis, Moscow, Oslo, or the Hebrides or on the Spanish front, the people understood and wept or rejoiced with the spirit of the songs. I found that where forces have been the same, whether people weave, build, pick cotton, or dig in the mine, they understand each other in the common language of work, suffering, and protest.

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

But the deep desire for peace remained with the American people.

As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.

The course of history can be changed but not halted.