Red Scare

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McCarthy, Joseph. "Enemies from Within." Republican's Women's Club meeting. 9 Feb. 1950, Wheeling, WV, USA. Speech.

Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?

Joseph Welch

To Joseph McCarthy, on June 9th, 1954, defending the US Army against allegations of subversive activities.

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Welch, Joseph. Quoted in No Sense of Decency, written by Robert Shogun. Ivan R. Dee, 2009, ch. 10. Originally a speech "Have You No Sense of Decency?" Army-McCarthy Hearings. 9 June 1954, Washington, DC, USA.

Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?

J. Parnell Thomas

Standard question asked of witnesses testifying before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

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Thomas, J. Parnell. Hearing on communist influences in the motion picture industry. 30 Oct. 1947, Washington, DC, USA.

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"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street." The Twilight Zone, written by Rod Serling, directed by Ron Winston, season 1, episode 22, Cayuga Productions and CBS Television Network, 1960.

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McCarthy, Joseph. Speech in Wisconsin. c. 1952. Wisconsin, USA.

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Murrow, Edward R. Private comments to staff prior to broadcast of See It Now. 9 Mar. 1954, New York City, NY, USA.

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Hand, Learned. Speech to the Board of Regents. 24 Oct. 1952, University of the State of New York, Albany, NY, USA.

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Trumbo, Dalton. Speech accepting an award from the Writers' Guild. 13 Mar. 1970, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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Trumbo, Dalton. Quoted in Dalton Trumbo: Blacklisted Hollywood Radical, written by Larry Ceplair and Christopher Trumbo. University Press of Kentucky, 2015, ch. 22.

You are the un-Americans and you ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

Paul Robeson

Testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee, June 12th, 1956.

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Robeson, Paul. Testimony before House Un-American Activities Committee. Un-American Activities Committee meeting. 12 June 1956, Washington, DC, USA.

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Murrow, Edward R. See It Now. CBS, 9 Mar. 1954.