21 Quotes by Helen Gahagan Douglas

I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable.

Freedom is not won on the battlefields. The chance for freedom is won there. The final battle is won or lost in our hearts and minds.

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

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.

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 or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains.

I realized that public affairs were also my affairs. I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.

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

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