The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Conscience" id="mwARw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Declaration of Conscience">Declaration of Conscience</a> speech, by U.S. Senator from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" id="mwAR0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Maine">Maine</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Chase_Smith" id="mwAR4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Margaret Chase Smith">Margaret Chase Smith</a>, is delivered in response to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_R._McCarthy" id="mwAR8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Joseph R. McCarthy">Joseph R. McCarthy</a>'s speech at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeling,_West_Virginia" id="mwASA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wheeling, West Virginia">Wheeling, West Virginia</a>.<sup about="#mwt69" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_1#cite_note-12" id="mwASE" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASI">[12]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"><cite about="#mwt66" class="citation web cs1" id="mwB8Q"><a class="external text" href="https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/investigations/mccarthy-hearings/a-declaration-of-conscience.htm" id="mwB8U" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"A Declaration of Conscience"</a>. <i id="mwB8Y">U.S. Senate</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB8c">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB8g">16 February</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt66" class="Z3988" id="mwB8k" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=U.S.+Senate&amp;rft.atitle=A+Declaration+of+Conscience&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.senate.gov%2Fabout%2Fpowers-procedures%2Finvestigations%2Fmccarthy-hearings%2Fa-declaration-of-conscience.htm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJune+1"></span> <a class="external text" href="https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/SmithDeclaration.pdf" id="mwB8o" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Smith. <i id="mwB8s">Declaration</i></a></span>