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Margaret Chase Smith: One of the...

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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 impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk.

Source: Speech, Westbrook Junior College, 7 Jun 1953.
-- Margaret Chase Smith, (Dec 14 1897-1995), US politician; She was the first woman elected to both houses of Congress; first woman to be nominated for president by a major political party (Republican).


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