"Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism, are all too frequently those who . . . ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism-the right to criticize, the right to hold unpopular beliefs, the right to protest, the right of independent thought."

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Source : Margaret Chase Smith (1972). “Declaration of conscience”

Margaret Chase Smith

#Independent Quotes #Criticism Quotes #Principles Quotes

“We often pride ourselves on even the most criminal passions, but envy is a timid and shamefaced passion we never dare to acknowledge.”
“We are living at a time when the Prostestant church is rediscovering the truth that transformation in Christ occurs through the disciplines of formation. Finally, Adele Calhoun has pulled all of these together into one volume, complete with clear definitions and practices of a variety of ways that God uses to grow our lives. No longer do you have to root through scattered pieces of paper, nor a chapter here and there to get the big picture of the tried and true disciplines. This is one resource you will want to have at your fingertips.”
“I train harder than anyone else in the world. Last year I was supposed to take a month off and I took three days off because I was afraid somebody out there was training harder. That's the feeling I go through every day - Am I not doing what somebody else is doing? Is someone out there training harder than I am? I can't live with myself if someone is.”
“All things are photographable.”
“The bridges that you cross before you come to them are over rivers that aren't there.”
“It is impossible to forsee the consequences of being clever.”
“They did the Monster Mash, it was a grave yard smash.”
“There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even when you don't want to, don't much like what you're writing, and aren't writing particularly well”

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