Communism Quote by Edward R. Murrow

“Of the trials that Eisenhower encountered in politics, McCarthy’s behavior was the most difficult to abide. In his private correspondence, Eisenhower repeatedly conveyed his…

— John A. Farrell

“Of the things I had not known when I started out, I think the most important was the degree to which the legacy of…

— David Halberstam

[John] McCarthy's regime was ended by Senators who realized that he had gone too far. What we have now may be more insidious.

— Nat Hentoff

The portrayal of Senator Joe McCarthy as a wild-eyed demagogue destroying innocent lives is sheer liberal hobgoblinism. Liberals weren't cowering in fear during the…

— Ann Coulter

The author of McCarthyism was given the distinction of addressing the Republican National Convention. This strikes terror in the hearts of honest men.

— Emanuel Celler

“That McCarthy, he thought, is a damn good shop foreman. He has the knack of needling a man, getting him to put out his…

— Philip K. Dick

All of these charges by McCarthy were a way of getting the Democrats out of power. The Democrats had controlled the government for 20…

— David Oshinsky

As much as I cherish your [McCarthy's] right to a platform as an independent candidate I am not going to sit here quietly and…

— John Anderson

McCarthy generally, as an individual, was a liberal. He was, in economic philosophy and a lot of other things, extremely liberal.

— Roy Cohn

McCarthyism and Trumpism are very different. They stand for very different things, but the technique of the big lie, smearing and telling lies, you…

— Jake Tapper

“There are a dozen books about McCarthy. Yet there is no biography of the senator who had the backbone to stand up to him…

— David McCullough

The idea of a bowed and terrified liberal minority during McCarthy's 'reign of terror' is poppycock. Then as now, all elite opinion was against…

— Ann Coulter