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> [Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by how one thinks and acts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-gahagan-douglas/character-isn-t-inherited-one-builds-it-daily-by-how-one-thinks-and/)

[Helen Gahagan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-gahagan-douglas/)

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> [Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-gahagan-douglas/character-isn-t-inherited-one-builds-it-daily-by-the-way-one-thinks/)

[Helen Gahagan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-gahagan-douglas/)

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> [Character isn't inherited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-gahagan-douglas/character-isn-t-inherited/)

[Helen Gahagan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-gahagan-douglas/)

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## More by Helen Gahagan Douglas

> [You can't prove you're an American by waving Old Glory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-gahagan-douglas/you-can-t-prove-you-re-an-american-by-waving-old-glory/)

[Helen Gahagan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-gahagan-douglas/)

> [Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by how one thinks and acts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-gahagan-douglas/character-isn-t-inherited-one-builds-it-daily-by-how-one-thinks-and/)

[Helen Gahagan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-gahagan-douglas/)

> [The ... irrational fear of communism is being deliberately used in many quarters to blind us to our real problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-gahagan-douglas/the-irrational-fear-of-communism-is-being-deliberately-used-in-many/)

[Helen Gahagan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-gahagan-douglas/)

> [We cannot legislate equality but we can legislate ... equal opportunity for all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-gahagan-douglas/we-cannot-legislate-equality-but-we-can-legislate-equal-opportunity/)

[Helen Gahagan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-gahagan-douglas/)

> [The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice - between our aims and what we actually do - creates a moral dry rot which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-gahagan-douglas/the-discrepancy-between-american-ideals-and-american-practice-between/)

[Helen Gahagan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-gahagan-douglas/)

> [The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice creates a dry rot which eats away at the foundations of our democratic faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-gahagan-douglas/the-discrepancy-between-american-ideals-and-american-practice-creates/)

[Helen Gahagan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-gahagan-douglas/)

> [men never would share power with women willingly. If we wanted it, we would have to take it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-gahagan-douglas/men-never-would-share-power-with-women-willingly-if-we-wanted-it-we/)

[Helen Gahagan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-gahagan-douglas/)

> [Such pip-squeaks as Nixon and McCarthy are trying to get us so frightened of Communism that we'll be afraid to turn out the lights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-gahagan-douglas/such-pip-squeaks-as-nixon-and-mccarthy-are-trying-to-get-us-so/)

[Helen Gahagan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-gahagan-douglas/)

> [Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-gahagan-douglas/character-isn-t-inherited-one-builds-it-daily-by-the-way-one-thinks/)

[Helen Gahagan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-gahagan-douglas/)

> [Character isn't inherited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-gahagan-douglas/character-isn-t-inherited/)

[Helen Gahagan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-gahagan-douglas/)

> [Politicians aren't any more wicked than other citizens but the situation in which they are placed warps their judgment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-gahagan-douglas/politicians-aren-t-any-more-wicked-than-other-citizens-but-the/)

[Helen Gahagan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-gahagan-douglas/)

> [You cannot barter security for freedom, or freedom for security.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-gahagan-douglas/you-cannot-barter-security-for-freedom-or-freedom-for-security/)

[Helen Gahagan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-gahagan-douglas/)

> [A vigorous democracy a democracy in which there are freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech would never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-gahagan-douglas/a-vigorous-democracy-a-democracy-in-which-there-are-freedom-from-want/)

[Helen Gahagan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-gahagan-douglas/)

> [If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-gahagan-douglas/if-one-lets-fear-or-hate-or-anger-take-possession-of-the-mind-they/)

[Helen Gahagan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-gahagan-douglas/)

> [Nothing can be controlled by one country today; nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-gahagan-douglas/nothing-can-be-controlled-by-one-country-today-nothing/)

[Helen Gahagan Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-gahagan-douglas/)

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