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When people keep telling you that you can’t do a thing, you kind of like to try it.

I believe that in our constant search for security we can never gain any peace of mind until we are ...

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Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsib...

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We should not permit tolerance to degenerate into indifference.

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Margaret Chase Smith

Former U.S. Senator

Born: 1897-12-14

Died: 1995-05-29

Margaret Chase Smith (14 December 1897 - 29 May 1995) was an U.S. politician, a Republican Senator from Maine, the first woman to be elected to both the US House and the Senate, and the first woman to have her name placed in nomination for the US Presidency at a major party convention (1964 Republican). She was one of the first Republican Members of Congress to criticize Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Second Red Scare.More