To highlight Danforth's similarity to Joseph McCarthy you'd need a quotation that shows single-minded fanaticism as opposed to a genuine concern to get at the truth of the matter. Danforth, like the Wisconsin Senator on whom he's based, is on something of a power trip. He enjoys being the center of attention during the witch-trials, seeing it as a great opportunity to enhance his political power and prestige. His whole outlook on life is black and white; there are no shades of gray in Danforth's narrow little world. So when it comes to conducting judicial proceedings, his overriding attitude is one of "my way, or the highway."

"You must understand, sir, that a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between. This is a sharp time, now, a precise time – we live no longer in the dusky afternoon when evil mixed itself with good and befuddled the world. Now, by God’s grace, the shining sun is up, and them that fear not light will surely praise it."

You're either with us or against us. This was the exact same attitude displayed by McCarthy right throughout the lifetime of his Senate subcommittee. The idea that there was somehow anything wrong with the methods he used to uncover alleged Communist subversion never crossed his mind for a nanosecond. Like Judge Danforth, he believed that he was right and that anyone who disagreed with him was not just wrong, but suspect.

Danforth and McCarthy both frame their respective struggles as part of a cosmic struggle between good and evil, with themselves the champions of all that is good. For McCarthy, no less than Danforth, the time in which he lives is a dark and fearful time in which everyone must take their stand: either they're for good, or they're for evil. And if they're for good then they should support the campaign to root out all vestigial traces of evil, irrespective of the consequences.