Margaret Chase Smith Quote | Knowledge & Wisdom
“Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism … are all too frequently those who … ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism—the right to criticize, the right to hold unpopular beliefs, the right to protest, the right of independent thought.” —Margaret Chase Smith (born December 14, 1897, in Skowhegan, Maine; died May 29, […]
“Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism … are all too frequently those who … ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism—the right to criticize, the right to hold unpopular beliefs, the right to protest, the right of independent thought.”
—Margaret Chase Smith (born December 14, 1897, in Skowhegan, Maine; died May 29, 1995, in Skowhegan, Maine).From 1940-1973, Smith represented her home state of Maine, first in the U.S. House of Representatives and then in the Senate. In 1964, the moderate Republican became the first woman to be nominated for president at a major party’s convention.
