Margaret Chase Smith Quote

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.


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...

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...

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...

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...