How we cite our quotes: (LastName.Line)
Quote #4
I meant to do you no personal injury, and if I did, beg your pardon. (Welch.92)
In asking forgiveness from Cohn, the guy he was, Welch retained the moral high ground in the exchange. This looks like posturing to us—he was clearly enjoying hassling Cohn, a very hateable guy.
Quote #5
Let us not assassinate this lad further, Senator. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency? (Welch.92)
This is, of course, the line. With the "at long last" statement, Welch implied that the American public was sick and tired of all these years of McCarthy's reign of terror. Welch, with a show of compassion about Fisher, publicly called out McCarthy on his callousness.