A poor choice of words makes my clause very muddy. I'll try again:
...what aspect of those quotes might have been twisted by the way in which they were quoted?
University Times
VOLUME 29 NUMBER 4 OCTOBER 10, 1996
Copyright (c) 1996, University of Pittsburgh
Others weren't so sure -- most famously, U.S. Sen. Robert Taft, who condemned the trials as "victors' justice" imposed by the winning side against the war's losers. Taft's remarks about Nuremberg didn't go over well with most of the U.S. public, and poisoned his chances for the presidency. But by taking such an unpopular stand so defiantly, Taft earned a chapter in John F. Kennedy's book "Profiles in Courage" and caused some Americans to have second thoughts about the fairness of Nuremberg.