If the national security is involved, anything goes. There are no rules. There are people so lacking in roots about what is properand what is improper that they don't know there's anything wrong in breaking into the headquarters of the… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by how one thinks and acts. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
The ... irrational fear of communism is being deliberately used in many quarters to blind us to our real problems. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
We cannot legislate equality but we can legislate ... equal opportunity for all. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice - between our aims and what we actually do - creates a moral dry rot which… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice creates a dry rot which eats away at the foundations of our democratic faith. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
men never would share power with women willingly. If we wanted it, we would have to take it. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
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… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
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… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
Politicians aren't any more wicked than other citizens but the situation in which they are placed warps their judgment. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
You cannot barter security for freedom, or freedom for security. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
