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Legacy of Margaret Chase Smith's 'Declaration of Conscience' speech lives on 75 years later

Jun. 1—On June 1, 1950, Margaret Chase Smith stood up on the floor of the U.S. Senate to denounce her Republican colleague Joseph McCarthy for his fearmongering claims that communism had infiltrated ...
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Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, who bravely spoke against McCarthyism: Kathleen Dean

Abraham Lincoln’s quote, “A house divided against itself cannot stand,” reverberates even more loudly today. In Sen. Margaret Chase Smith’s 1950 speech, she refers to “the Communist design of ‘confuse ...
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‘Conscience’ tells the story of Margaret Chase Smith’s most famous speech

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Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith speaks truth to Joseph McCarthy in “Conscience”

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Conscience is the story of Senator Margaret Chase Smith, a trailblazer of ...
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Read excerpts from Margaret Chase Smith’s Declaration of Conscience speech

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Angus King recalls Margaret Chase Smith, urges action against Trump in Senate floor speech

Apr. 29—Sen. Angus King urged his colleagues on Tuesday to put country over party and warned of creeping authoritarianism, drawing heavily from an iconic 1950 speech by former Maine Sen. Margaret ...