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.
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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.Pete Seeger
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.
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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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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.
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One of the things I'm most proud of about my country is the fact that we did lick McCarthyism back in the fifties.
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I believe that my choosing my present course I do no dishonor to them, or to those who may come after me.
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