Quotes from Helen Gahagan Douglas

A vigorous democracy a democracy in which there are freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech would never succumb to communism or any other ism.

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

The first step toward liberation of any group is to use the power in hand... And the power in hand is the vote.

I know the force women can exert in directing the course of events.

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.

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

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

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.

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 difficult.

When a marriage works, nothing on earth can take its place