| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
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| 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 |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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