Anti communist Quote by Whittaker Chambers

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

“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

There is a hate layer of opinion and emotion in America. There will be other McCarthys to come who will be hailed as its…

— Max Lerner

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

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

Such pip-squeaks as Nixon and McCarthy are trying to get us so frightened of Communism that we'll be afraid to turn out the lights…

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

“There are significant analogues between the American fear of Communism during the McCarthy era and the American fear of Islam at the beginning of…

— Ben Daniel

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

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

I'm worried that too many people, both in politics and out, don't appreciate the seriousness of the threat to American security and the evil…

— Joe Lieberman

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