Freedom unexercised may become freedom forfeited.
—Margaret Chase Smith
Topics: Freedom
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
Topics: Communication, Audiences
When people keep telling you that you can’t do a thing, you kind of like to try it.
—Margaret Chase Smith
Topics: Trying, Challenges
Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.
—Margaret Chase Smith
Topics: Criticism
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 AmericanismThe right to criticize. The right to hold unpopular beliefs. The right to protest. The right of independent thought.
—Margaret Chase Smith
Topics: Criticism
The key to security is public information.
—Margaret Chase Smith
Topics: Information
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