Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England in the eighteen forties and fifties.

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Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the...

Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the...

I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent the implication that some of...

I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent the implication that some of...

Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions.

Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions.

I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or...

I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or...

I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I...

I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I...

Down through the centuries, this trick has been tried by various establishments throughout the world....

Down through the centuries, this trick has been tried by various establishments throughout the world....

Do-so is more important than say-so.

Do-so is more important than say-so.

I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of...

I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of...

I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and...

I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and...

I have sung in hobo jungles, and I have sung for the Rockefellers, and I...

I have sung in hobo jungles, and I have sung for the Rockefellers, and I...

I like to say I'm more conservative than Goldwater. He just wanted to turn the...

I like to say I'm more conservative than Goldwater. He just wanted to turn the...

I believe that my choosing my present course I do no dishonor to them, or...

I believe that my choosing my present course I do no dishonor to them, or...

I think these are very improper questions for any American to be asked, especially under...

I think these are very improper questions for any American to be asked, especially under...

One of the things I'm most proud of about my country is the fact that...

One of the things I'm most proud of about my country is the fact that...

I am saying voluntarily that I have sung for almost every religious group in the...

I am saying voluntarily that I have sung for almost every religious group in the...

I decline to discuss, under compulsion, where I have sung, and who has sung my...

I decline to discuss, under compulsion, where I have sung, and who has sung my...

Songs wont save the planet, but neither will books or speeches. Songs are sneaky things;...

Songs wont save the planet, but neither will books or speeches. Songs are sneaky things;...

Vereker's secret, my dear man - the general intention of his books: the string the...

Vereker's secret, my dear man - the general intention of his books: the string the...

It's more fun writing bad books than reading good ones.

It's more fun writing bad books than reading good ones.

I think there is a good reason why the propaganda system works that way. It...

I think there is a good reason why the propaganda system works that way. It...