“I am not on trial here, Mr. Chairman. This committee is on trial here before the American people. Let us get that straight.”

(Directed at Committee Chairman, J. Parnell Thomas), testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) of the US House of Representatives (October 27, 1947).

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