Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “Character assassination is at once easier and surer than physical assault; and it involves far less risk for the assassin. It leaves him free to commit the same deed over and over again, and may, indeed, win him the honors of a hero in the country of his victims.” ~ Alan Barth (1906-1979) served on the editorial board of The Washington Post for thirty yearsSource: The Loyalty of Free Men, 1951