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"I am saying voluntarily that I have sung for almost every religious group in the country, from Jewish and Catholic, and Presbyterian and Holy Rollers and Revival Churches."
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"If the Church is a living body united to the same head, governed by the same laws, and pervaded by the same Spirit, it is impossible that one part should be independent of all the rest."

"The Church cannot be content to live in its stained-glass house and throw stones through the picture window of modern culture."

"All the reasons which require the subjection of a believer to the brethren of a particular church, require his subjection to all his brethren in the Lord."

"Christ has not only ordained that there shall be such officers in his Church - he has not only specified their duties and prerogatives - but he gives the requisite qualifications, and calls those thus qualified, and by that call gives them their official authority."

"Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves."
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"I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it."

"I like to say I'm more conservative than Goldwater. He just wanted to turn the clock back to when there was no income tax."

"One of the things I'm most proud of about my country is the fact that we did lick McCarthyism back in the fifties."

"I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs."

"I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent the implication that some of the places that I have sung and some of the people that I have known, and some of my opinions, whether they are religious or philosophical, make me less of an American."

"I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I never refuse to sing to an audience, no matter what religion or color of their skin, or situation in life."

"I think these are very improper questions for any American to be asked, especially under such compulsion as this. I would be very glad to tell you my life if you want to hear of it."

"I decline to discuss, under compulsion, where I have sung, and who has sung my songs, and who else has sung with me, and the people I have known."
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