"Soldiers! Don't give yourselves to brutes - men who despise you - enslave you - who regiment your lives - tell you what to do - what to think and what to feel! Who drill you - diet you - treat you lik…"

"I am an artist, not a propagandist."

"I have no faith in anything but the power of the human spirit."

"I suppose that's one of the ironies of life – doing the wrong thing at the right moment."

"Hanns Eisler is a personal friend and I am proud of the fact... I don't know whether he is a communist or not. I know he is a fine artist and a great musician and a very sympathetic friend. No it woul…"