Margaret Chase Smith
Margaret Chase Smith
Margaret Madeline Chase Smith was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S Representativeand a U.S. Senatorfrom Maine. She was the first woman to serve in both houses of the United States Congress, and the first woman to represent Maine in either. A moderate Republican, she is perhaps best remembered for her 1950 speech, "Declaration of Conscience," in which she criticized the tactics of McCarthyism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 December 1897
CountryUnited States of America
Margaret Chase Smith quotes about
In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love, you want the other person.
Freedom unexercised may become freedom forfeited.
The key to security is public information.
Strength, the American way, is not manifested by threats of criminal prosecution or police state methods.Leadership is not manifested by coercion, even against the resented. Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods.
Smears are not only to be expected but fought. Honor is to be earned, not bought.
As long as there are big corporations, there will be big unions. The economic power of big business will be matched by the economic power of the big unions.
I always try to think before I talk.
As an American, I want to see our nation recapture the strength and unity it once had when we fought the enemy instead of ourselves.
Freedom unexercised may be freedom forfeited. The preservation of freedom is in the hands of the people themselves - not of the government.
I speak as briefly as possible because too much harm has already been done with irresponsible words of bitterness and selfish political opportunism. I speak as simply as possible because the issue is too great to be obscured by eloquence. I speak simply and briefly in the hope that my words will be taken to heart.
My basic rule is to speak slowly and simply so that my audience has an opportunity to follow and think about what I am saying.
I believe that in our constant search for security we can never gain any peace of mind until we secure our own soul.
The Senate has been debased to the level of a forum of hate and character assassination sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity.
I think that it is high time that we remembered that we have sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution. I think that it is high time that we remembered that the Constitution, as amended, speaks not only of the freedom of speech but also of trial by jury instead of trial by accusation.