Margaret Chase Smith Quotes
- My creed is that public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people…
- The right to criticize: the right to hold unpopular beliefs; the right to protest; the right of independent thought. The exercise of these rights should…
- When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.
- Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism, are all too frequently those who . . . ignore some of the basic principles of…
- I believe that in our constant search for security we can never gain any peace of mind until we secure our own soul.
- Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk
- Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods
- I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny-fear, ignorance, bigotry and smear.
- 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.
- The Senate has been debased to the level of a forum of hate and character assassination sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity.
- And this I do believe above all, especially in times of greater discouragement, that I must BELIEVE-that I must believe in my fellow people-that I…
- Freedom unexercised may become freedom forfeited.
- We should not permit tolerance to degenerate into indifference.
- The key to security is public information.
- Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.
- The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.
- Public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation.
- One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act…
- I always try to think before I talk.
- One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act…