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Quotes from Declaration of Conscience — Margaret Chase Smith

1897–1995 United States

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9 quotes

I don't believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest.

Declaration of Conscience (1950)

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.

Declaration of Conscience (1950)

The American people are sick and tired of seeing innocent people smeared and guilty people whitewashed.

Declaration of Conscience (1950)

As a United States Senator, I am not proud of the way in which the Senate has been made a publicity platform for irresponsible sensationalism.

Declaration of Conscience (1950)

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.

Declaration of Conscience (1950)

We are Republicans. But we are Americans first. It is as Americans that we express our concern with the growing confusion that threatens the security and stability of our country.

Declaration of Conscience (1950)

Today our country is being psychologically divided by the confusion and the suspicions that are bred in the United States Senate to spread like cancerous tentacles of "know nothing, suspect everything" attitudes.

Declaration of Conscience (1950)

Surely the United States Senate is big enough to take self-criticism and self-appraisal. Surely we should be able to take the same kind of character attacks that we "dish out" to outsiders.

Declaration of Conscience (1950)

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

Declaration of Conscience (1950)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Margaret Chase Smith (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.