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"But I decline to say who has ever listened to them, who has written them, or other people who have sung them."
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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."
"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."
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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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