Margaret Chase Smith Quotes

    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.
    Margaret Chase Smith
    Famous 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 and to the nation with full recognition that every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration, that constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought, that smears are not only to be expected but fought, that honor is to be earned but not bought.
    Margaret Chase Smith
    Ethics
    I am running against no one. I'd like to be President. I think my experience and my record are greater than any other candidate or any other of the unannounced candidates. It's a real challenge, and that's one of the paramount things. When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.
    Margaret Chase Smith
    Politics
    We should not permit tolerance to degenerate into indifference.
    Margaret Chase Smith
    Tolerance
    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.
    Margaret Chase Smith
    Leadership
    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.
    Margaret Chase Smith
    Leadership
    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. I speak as a Republican. I speak as a woman. I speak as a United States Senator. I speak as an American.
    Margaret Chase Smith
    Politics
    Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism:
    Margaret Chase Smith
    Politics
    The American people are sick and tired of being afraid to speak their minds lest they be politically smeared as "Communists" or "Fascists" by their opponents. Freedom of speech is not what it used to be in America. It has been so abused by some that it is not exercised by others. The American people are sick and tired of seeing innocent people smeared and guilty people whitewashed.
    Margaret Chase Smith
    Politics

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