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

In fact, because of this deep desire for peace, the ruling class leaders of this land, from 1945 on, stepped up the hysteria and propaganda to drive ….

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

Sometimes great injustices may be inflicted on the minority when the majority is in the pursuit of a great and just cause..

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

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….

Art is not just to show life as it is, but to show life as it should be..

Like any other people, like fathers, mothers, sons and daughters in every land, when the issue of peace or war has been put squarely to the American ….

Every artist, every scientist, must decide now where he stands. He has no alternative. There is no standing above the conflict on Olympian heights. T….

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 ….

I learned that along with the towering achievements of the cultures of ancient Greece and China there stood the culture of Africa, unseen and denied ….

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

As Americans, preserving the best of our traditions, we have the right- nay the duty-to fight for participation in the forward march of humanity.

Every artist, every scientist, every writer must decide now where he stands. The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight for freedom or for sl….

I stand here struggling for the rights of my people to be full citizens in this country. They are not-in Mississippi. They are not-in Montgomery. Tha….

Why should the Negroes ever fight against the only nations of the world where racial discrimination is prohibited, and where the people can live free….

In all spheres of modern life the influence of Stalin reaches wide and deep. From his last simply written but vastly discerning and comprehensive doc….

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

Artists are the gatekeepers of truth..

My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have a part of it just like you..

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