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.
The first step toward liberation of any group is to use the power in hand... And the power in hand is the vote. - Helen Gahagan Douglas
The first step toward liberation of any group is to use the power in hand... And the power in hand is the vote.
- Helen Gahagan Douglas
If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains. - Helen Gahagan Douglas
If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains.
There is no danger is letting people have their say. ... There is a danger when you try to stop them from saying it. - Helen Gahagan Douglas
There is no danger is letting people have their say. ... There is a danger when you try to stop them from saying it.
Politicians aren't any more wicked than other citizens but the situation in which they are placed warps their judgment. - Helen Gahagan Douglas
Politicians aren't any more wicked than other citizens but the situation in which they are placed warps their judgment.
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… - 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…
When a marriage works, nothing on earth can take its place - Helen Gahagan Douglas
When a marriage works, nothing on earth can take its place
To be free you must afford freedom to your neighbor, regardless of race, color, creed, or national origin, and that sometimes, for some, is very diff… - Helen Gahagan Douglas
To be free you must afford freedom to your neighbor, regardless of race, color, creed, or national origin, and that sometimes, for some, is very diff…
Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by how one thinks and acts. - Helen Gahagan Douglas
Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by how one thinks and acts.
Democracy cannot long survive when the people permit their lives to be dominated - economically or politically - by a powerful few. - Helen Gahagan Douglas
Democracy cannot long survive when the people permit their lives to be dominated - economically or politically - by a powerful few.
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