“The American people are sick and tired of seeing innocent people smeared and guilty people whitewashed.”

—  Margaret Chase Smith

Declaration of Conscience (1950)
Context: 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.

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Member of the United States Senate from Maine 1897–1995

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