Democracy Quote by Helen Gahagan Douglas

You can't prove you're an American by waving Old Glory.

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by how one thinks and acts.

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

The ... irrational fear of communism is being deliberately used in many quarters to blind us to our real problems.

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

We cannot legislate equality but we can legislate ... equal opportunity for all.

— 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…

— 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.

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

men never would share power with women willingly. If we wanted it, we would have to take it.

— 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…

— 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…

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

Character isn't inherited.

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

Politicians aren't any more wicked than other citizens but the situation in which they are placed warps their judgment.

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

You cannot barter security for freedom, or freedom for security.

— Helen Gahagan Douglas