"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.
We must remember always, that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence, and due process of law.
We will not walk in fear, one of another.
We will not be driven by fear, into an age of unreason.
If we dig deep into our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men (and women), not from men who feared to write, to associate, to speak and to defend the causes that were, for the moment, unpopular.
This is no time form men who opposes Senator McCarthy's methods to keep silent, or for those who approve.
We can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the results.
We proclaim ourselves, as indeed we are, the defenders of freedom wherever it continues to exists in the world, but we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
The actions from the junior senator from Wisconsin have caused alarm and dismay amongst our allies abroad, and given considerable comfort to our enemies. And whose fault it that? Not really his. He didn't create this situation of fear, he merely exploited it, and rather successfully.
Cassius was right.
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."
Good night, and good luck.
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