One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act too impulsively without thinking. I am not advocating in the slightest that we become mutes with our voices stilled because of fear of criticism of what we might say. That is moral cowardice.


NEA Journal: The Journal of the National Education Association (1952)

Margaret Chase Smith Quotes

One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act too impulsively without...

One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act too impulsively without...

One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act too impulsively without...

One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act too impulsively without...