Ethel Rosenberg

“My husband and I will die with honor, if we must, for the sake of our beliefs.”

“This death sentence is not surprising. It had to be. There had to be a Rosenberg case because there had to be an atom bomb spy.”

“We are the first victims of American fascism.”

“I am innocent... I have been wronged... and I want the world to know the truth.”

“We are innocent, as we have proclaimed and maintained from the time of our arrest.”

“If we are executed it will be the murder of innocent people and the shame will be upon the Government of the United States.”

“The thought that my sons will be deprived of their parents is a constant torment to me.”

“I cry for myself, for the children, for all the bewildered, frightened people.”

“I am a victim of the oldest passion in the world—the passion of greed and the lust for power.”

“They are trying to make us scapegoats for the evils of a whole world.”

“History will record, I am sure, that we were the victims of the most monstrous frame-up in the history of our country.”

“I can only say that my husband is a devoted and loving husband and father, and I can't believe that he would do anything that would harm his country.”

“So we are to be sacrificed, and in a very real sense, we are the first American victims of World War III.”