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

The talents of an artist, small or large, are God-given... They are a sacred trust.

In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington. It was the first time I felt like a human being.

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.

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.

The Korean war has always been an unpopular war among the American people.

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