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I'm very happy with my prompt:

Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. [Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.]

-- Margaret Chase Smith

The bracketed bit is not part of the assigned quote, but is an extra sentence that I found when I googled the whole phrase.

Fun facts about Margaret Chase Smith!  (Source: wikipedia.)

• Lived 1897 to 1995 (98 years old!).
  
• Never received a college education.
  
• Jobs: Teacher in a one-room schoolhouse, telephone operator, managed circulation for the Skowhegan Independent Reporter, and executive with a local textile mill. 
  
• U.S. Rep. for 9 years, 1940-1949.
• She won this seat in 1940, when her husband died, and was elected to the Senate in 1948.
• U.S. Senator for 24 years, 1949-1973.
  
• Gave the "Declaration of Conscience" speech in June 1950, which protested against what would soon be called "McCarthyism."
  
• First woman to have her name placed in nomination for a major U.S. party (1964 Republican convention).
  
• "By the end of her fourth term, the charm she had had for so many years seemed to evaporate. [...] [S]he alienated liberals with her support for the Vietnam War while turning off conservatives with her votes against Nixon Supreme Court nominees Clement Haynsworth and G. Harrold Carswell."
  
• The only election she lost was her last one, in 1972.
• When she left the Senate, she was the longest-serving female Senator ever. 
  

What an interesting lady!