How we cite our quotes: (LastName.Line)
Quote #4
I certainly assume that Mr. Welch did not know of this young man at the time he recommended him as the assistant counsel for this committee, but he has such terror and such a great desire to know where anyone is located who may be serving the Communist cause, Mr. Welch, that I thought we should just call to your attention the fact that your Mr. Fisher, who is still in your law firm today, whom you asked to have down here looking over the secret and classified material, is a member of an organization, not named by me but named by various committees, named by the Attorney General, as I recall, and I think I quote this verbatim, as 'the legal bulwark of the Communist Party.'" (McCarthy.74)
While McCarthy is outwardly absolving Welch of any connection to Fisher's Communist leanings, he's actually implying Welch's guilt as well. We'd call that "deniability."
Quote #5
The foremost legal bulwark of the Communist Party, its front organizations, and controlled unions, and which, since its inception, has never failed to rally to the legal defense of the Communist Party, and individual members thereof, including known espionage agents. (McCarthy.95)
The Lawyers Guild was, and still is, a progressive legal organization defending human rights and civil liberties. That sure doesn't sound to Shmoop like they were betraying any American ideals. Back then, McCarthy considered anything to the left of the John Birch Society as traitorous.