"The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice……" — 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."
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Helen Gahagan Douglas
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13 Quotes by Helen Gahagan Douglas
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The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice - between our aims and what we actually do - creates a…
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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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