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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Joseph N. Welch

Joseph Nye Welch was an American lawyer and actor who served as the chief counsel for the United States Army while it was under investigation for Communist activities by Senator Joseph McCarthy's Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, an investigation known as the Army–McCarthy hearings. His confrontation with McCarthy during the hearings, in which he famously asked McCarthy "At long last, have you left no sense of decency?" is seen as a turning point in the history of McCarthyism.

Senator. You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency? — © Joseph N. Welch
Senator. You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?
Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness....Let us not assassinate this lad further, senator. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency?
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