Different Quote by Jack Newfield

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

— Roy Cohn

“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

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

Kennedy was a lot of fun, always. He had something going on. But not Nixon.

— George Smathers

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

Joe Kennedy was a massive figure on all kinds of levels.

— Jason Clarke

[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

I think he Oswald felt he was a failure and for the United States and for President Kennedy and all of us. He knew…

— John Sherman Cooper

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

Franklin Delano Roosevelt and J.F Kennedy were Presidents in very different times.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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

“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