:44:00
Had he looked three lines earlier
in Shakespeare's Caesar...
:44:03
...he would've found this line
which is not altogether inappropriate.
:44:06
"The fault, dear Brutus,
is not in our stars, but in ourselves."
:44:11
No one familiar with the history
of this country...
:44:14
...can deny that congressional
committees are useful.
:44:16
It is necessary to investigate
before legislating...
:44:19
...but the line between investigating
and persecuting is a fine one...
:44:23
...and the junior senator from Wisconsin
has stepped over it repeatedly.
:44:27
We must not confuse dissent
with disloyalty.
:44:30
We must remember always
that accusation is not proof...
:44:33
...and that conviction depends
upon evidence and due process of law.
:44:38
We will not walk in fear, one of another.
:44:41
We will not be driven by fear
into an age of unreason...
:44:43
...if we dig deep in our history
and our doctrine...
:44:46
...and remember that we are not
descended from fearful men...
:44:50
...not from men who feared to write,
to associate, to speak...
:44:54
...and to defend the causes that were,
for the moment, unpopular.
:44:58
This is no time for men who oppose Senator
McCan'thy's methods to keep silent...
:45:02
...or for those who approve.
:45:04
We can deny our heritage
and our history...
:45:07
...but we cannot escape responsibility
for the results.
:45:10
We proclaim ourselves,
indeed as we are...
:45:13
...the defenders of freedom wherever
it continues to exist in the world.
:45:17
But we cannot defend freedom abroad
by deserting it at home.
:45:21
The actions of the junior senator from
Wisconsin have caused alarm and dismay...
:45:25
...amongst our allies abroad and given
considerable comfort to our enemies.
:45:29
And whose fault is that?
:45:31
Not really his.
:45:33
He didn't create this situation of fear, he
merely exploited it and rather successfully.
:45:40
Cassius was right, "The fault, dear Brutus,
is not in our stars, but in ourselves."
:45:47
Good night, and good luck.
:45:57
And we're out.