:42:01
...letters of commendation
from President Truman...
:42:04
...President Eisenhower,
and General MacArthur.
:42:07
Earlier, the Senator asked, "Upon what
meat does this our Caesar feed?".
:42:12
Had he looked three lines earlier
in Shakespeare's "Caesar"...
:42:14
...he would have found this line,
which is not altogether inappropriate.
:42:18
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not
in our stars, but in ourselves."
:42:23
No one familiar with the history
of this country...
:42:25
...can deny that Congressional
committees are useful.
:42:28
It is necessary to investigate
before legislating...
:42:31
...but the line between investigating
and persecuting is a very fine one...
:42:34
...and the junior Senator from Wisconsin
has stepped over it repeatedly.
:42:38
We must not confuse dissent
with disloyalty.
:42:41
We must remember always
that accusation is not proof...
:42:44
...and that conviction depends
upon evidence and due process of law.
:42:49
We will not walk in fear,
one of another.
:42:51
We will not be driven by fear
into an age of unreason...
:42:54
...if we dig deep
in our history and doctrine...
:42:57
...and remember that we are not
descended from fearful men...
:43:00
...not from men who feared to write,
to associate, to speak...
:43:03
...and to defend the causes
that were for the moment unpopular.
:43:07
This is no time for men who oppose
Senator McCarthy's methods...
:43:11
...to keep silent,
or for those who approve.
:43:14
Wec an deny our heritage
and our history...
:43:16
...but we cannot escape
responsibility for the results.
:43:19
We proclaim ourselves,
indeed as we are...
:43:22
...the defenders of freedom wherever
it continues to exist in the world...
:43:26
...but we cannot defend freedom abroad
by deserting it at home.
:43:30
The actions of the junior Senator
from Wisconsin...
:43:32
...have caused alarm and dismay
amongst our allies abroad...
:43:35
...and given considerable comfort
to our enemies.
:43:38
And whose fault is that?
Not really his.
:43:41
He didn't create
this situation of fear...
:43:44
...he merely exploited it,
and rather successfully.
:43:48
Cassius was right.
:43:50
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not
in our stars, but in ourselves."
:43:55
Good night, and good luck.