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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.

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

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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 people, they have registered for peace.

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Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III.

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

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

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Four hundred million in India, and millions everywhere, have told you, precisely, that the colored people are not going to die for anybody: they are going to die for their independence.

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I did a long concert tour in England and Denmark and Sweden, and I also sang for the Soviet people, one of the finest musical audiences in the world.

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I do not hesitate one second to state clearly and unmistakably: I belong to the American resistance movement which fights against American imperialism, just as the resistance movement fought against Hitler.

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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 into American minds the false notion that danger threatened them from the East.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: April 9th, 1898

Died: January 23rd, 1976

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