When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.
Margaret Chase SmithMy 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 SmithFreedom unexercised may be freedom forfeited. The preservation of freedom is in the hands of the people themselves - not of the government.
Margaret Chase SmithThe Senate has been debased to the level of a forum of hate and character assassination sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity.
Margaret Chase SmithAs 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.
Margaret Chase SmithThe 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.
Margaret Chase Smith