Inventive man has invented nothing -- nothing from scratch. If he has produced a machine that in motion overcomes the law of gravity, he learned the essentials from the observation of birds. — Dorothy Thompson Copy Share Image
Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It is the product of Faith, Strength, Energy, Will, Sympathy, Justice, Imagination, and the… — Dorothy Thompson Copy Share Image
“When liberty is taken away by force, it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished by default it can never be recovered.” — Dorothy Thompson Copy Share Image
Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with… — Dorothy Thompson Copy Share Image
“Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict” — Dorothy Thompson Copy Share Image
The instinct to worship is hardly less strong than the instinct to eat. — Dorothy Thompson Copy Share Image
Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are born old and tired while others are going strong… — Dorothy Thompson Copy Share Image
Can one preach at home inequality of races and nations and advocate abroad good-will towards all men? — Dorothy Thompson Copy Share Image
The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear creates aggressiveness. — Dorothy Thompson Copy Share Image
Of all forms of government and society, those of free men and women are in many respects the most brittle. They give the fullest… — Dorothy Thompson Copy Share Image
“Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.” — DOROTHY THOMPSON Copy Share Image
Women have had the vote for over forty years and their organizations lobby in Washington for all sorts of causes; why, why, why don't… — Dorothy Thompson Copy Share Image
