Quotes by Pete Seeger
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I'm still a communist in the sense that I don't believe the world will survive with the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer - I think that the pressures will get so tremendous that the social contract will just come apart.
I fought for peace in the fifties.
I've found that festivals are a relatively painless way to meet people and make a few points that need making, without having to hit them over the head with too many speeches.
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 want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other.
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 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.
Down through the centuries, this trick has been tried by various establishments throughout the world. They force people to get involved in the kind of examination that has only one aim and that is to stamp out dissent.
I believe that my choosing my present course I do no dishonor to them, or to those who may come after me.
I keep reminding people that an editorial in rhyme is not a song. A good song makes you laugh, it makes you cry, it makes you think.
Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live.
Songs won't save the planet, but neither will books or speeches.
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