The eloquence of silence

Written By Robert Whitcomb
Edmund Muskie

Edmund Muskie

“In Maine we have a saying that there's no point in speaking unless you can improve on silence.’’

— Edmund Muskie (1914-96), served as Maine governor and U.S. senator, as President Carter second secretary of state and as Hubert Humphrey’s vice-presidential running mate in 1968.

Robert Whitcomb
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