Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
661
AUTHOR:
J William Fulbright, US Senator
QUOTATION:
The junior senator from Wisconsin, by his reckless charges, has so preyed upon the fears and hatreds and prejudices of the American people that he has started a prairie fire which neither he nor anyone else may be able to control.
ATTRIBUTION:
On Senator Joseph R McCarthy’s charges of Communism in high places, news summaries 30 Nov 54
SUBJECTS:
The World: Politics & Government: Politicians & Critics
