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.
Helen Gahagan DouglasWe cannot legislate equality but we can legislate ... equal opportunity for all.
Helen Gahagan DouglasCharacter 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.
Helen Gahagan Douglas