You can't prove you're an American by waving Old Glory. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Glory Copy Share Image
Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by how one thinks and acts. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Character 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 Blind Copy Share Image
We cannot legislate equality but we can legislate ... equal opportunity for all. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Equal Copy Share Image
The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice - between our aims and what we actually do - creates a moral dry… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Aim 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 America Copy Share Image
men never would share power with women willingly. If we wanted it, we would have to take it. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Ifs 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… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Communism 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… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Action 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 Citizens Copy Share Image
You cannot barter security for freedom, or freedom for security. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
A vigorous democracy a democracy in which there are freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Communication Copy Share Image
If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Anger and fear Copy Share Image
Nothing can be controlled by one country today; nothing. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Controlled Copy Share Image
To be free you must afford freedom to your neighbor, regardless of race, color, creed, or national origin, and that sometimes, for… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Color Copy Share Image
If the national security is involved, anything goes. There are no rules. There are people so lacking in roots about what is… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Anything goes Copy Share Image
If you tell me that there are obstacles in the way of your ambition that make it impossible to pursue, then I… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Achieve Copy Share Image
I realized that public affairs were also my affairs. I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Active Copy Share Image
I know the force women can exert in directing the course of events. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Courses Copy Share Image
if we pursue the arms race no other problem will be solved. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Arms Copy Share Image
Democracy cannot long survive when the people permit their lives to be dominated - economically or politically - by a powerful few. — Helen Gahagan Douglas Democracy Copy Share Image
The first step toward liberation of any group is to use the power in hand... And the power in hand is the… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Democracy Copy Share Image
Freedom is not won on the battlefields. The chance for freedom is won there. The final battle is won or lost in… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Battle Copy Share Image
There is no danger is letting people have their say. ... There is a danger when you try to stop them from… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Danger Copy Share Image
