June 9, 1954: "Have you no sense of decency, at long last?"

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Senator Joseph McCarthy was confronted by Army counsel Joseph Welch as “reckless and cruel….Have you no sense of decency, at long last?”—[June 9,] 1954: #AP

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[captain queeg]

1. I've thought of that event often, we're way beyond that

No decency

[Squeaky41]

2. Downfall

I saw it live as a teenager. The applause was awesome!