"The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice……" — 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 eats away at the foundations of our democratic faith."
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Helen Gahagan Douglas
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13 Quotes by Helen Gahagan Douglas
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To be free you must afford freedom to your neighbor, regardless of race, color, creed, or national origin, and that…
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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.…
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The first step toward liberation of any group is to use the power in hand... And the power in hand…
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When a marriage works, nothing on earth can take its place
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If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains.
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You can't prove you're an American by waving Old Glory.
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I know the force women can exert in directing the course of events.
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In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has…
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I never felt I left the stage.
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I realized that public affairs were also my affairs.
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I realized that public affairs were also my affairs. I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if…
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More Aim Quotes
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
— Aristotle
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
— Aristotle
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
— Aristotle
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Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
— Mahmoud Abbas
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Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of…
— Benigno Aquino III
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If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in…
— David Attenborough
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.
— Jane Austen
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The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment…
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
— Robert Baden-Powell
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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are…
— Bryan Adams
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Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social…
— Jacques Barzun
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