Gone Quote by Nat Hentoff

“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

It is in fact no exaggeration to say that we live in terror that Senator McCarthy will one day make some irreparable blunder that…

— Whittaker Chambers

Eisenhower admitted that the budget can't be balanced and McCarthy said the communists are taking over. You don't know what to worry about these…

— Bob Hope

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

Senator McCarthy's reckless and unfounded attempt to impugn my loyalty is just one more example of his typical tactic of attempting to tie up…

— Edward R. Murrow

McCarthy had ten years in the House of Representatives, only two terms as a senator. What did he pass? Are there any bills or…

— Robert Dallek

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

Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.

— Desi Arnaz

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

“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

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

— Roy Cohn