People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo.
About the meanest thing you can say about a man is that he means well.
Imperfect action beats perfect inaction every time.
The friendless, the weak, the victims of prejudice and public excitement are entitled to the same quality of justice and fair play that the rich, the powerful, the well-connected, and the fellow with pull thinks he can get.
I do not believe in shooting anything that cannot shoot back.
Such an atmosphere is un-American, the most un-American thing we have to contend with today. It is the climate of a totalitarian country in which scientists are expected to change their theories to match changes in the police state's propaganda line.