They were diligently working behind the scenes to stop his initiative to empower America's inventors. The rhetoric of these companies could not be further from the truth. It has been said that one can judge someone's character by who his friends are, and as much or more by who his adversaries are. Well, Jerry Lemeson's enemies do him credit. And his enemies encouraged me to speak out against this gross injustice.
People are reluctant to get involved, afraid of drawing fire.
My study of history taught me that grievous wrongs such as the Holocaust and McCarthyism were allowed by people who refused to take a stand for what is right and just. Like Mr. Lemelson, I am also a very principled person who came to respect him, and then became a friend of Mr. Lemelson. I am proud to publicly declare that friendship. Mr. Lemelson was a kindred spirit, a person who set a great example. I intend on widening the trail he blazed, to facilitate America's economic rebirth by encouraging the next generation of inventors, just as Jerry Lemelson encouraged my generation.