Joseph R. McCarthy

“The Communists have been able to place their agents in a number of positions in our government.”

“I do not have the time to discuss the unimportant, the inconsequential, the insignificant—the Kennedys.”

“The reason why we find ourselves in a position of impotency is not because our only powerful potential enemy has sent men to invade our shores, but rather because of the traitorous actions of those who have been treated so well by this Nation.”

“When a man is horror-stricken, he is not accountable for his words.”

“I think they should be not only discharged, but they should be immediately prosecuted for illegally giving out secret information.”

“I will not get in the gutter with that guy.”

“I have here in my hand a list of 205—a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department.”

“I have not been engaged in a fight with the Democratic Party. I have been engaged in a fight against the communistic conspiracy.”

“You can't strike a king and not kill him.”

“One of the cardinal principles of communism is that everything is moral which advances the cause of world revolution.”

“Today we are engaged in a final, all-out battle between communistic atheism and Christianity.”

“McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled.”