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Dorothy Thompson quotes

American Journalist July 9, 1893 – January 30, 1961

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Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that there is always tomorrow. Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Thompson quote: "The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is..."
The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld. Dorothy Thompson
Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are born old and tired while others are going strong at seventy. Dorothy Thompson
Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It is the product of Faith, Strength, Energy, Will, Sympathy, Justice, Imagination, and the triumph of principle. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism. Dorothy Thompson
Women have had the vote for over forty years and their organizations lobby in Washington for all sorts of causes; why, why, why don't they take up their own causes and obvious needs? Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Thompson quote: "The prices are ridiculous... I don't see how people can go..."
The prices are ridiculous... I don't see how people can go back and forth to work or to school. How can we afford the gas? Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Thompson quote: "Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of..."
Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Thompson quote: "Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It will..."
Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism. Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Thompson quote: "The instinct to worship is hardly less strong than the..."
The instinct to worship is hardly less strong than the instinct to eat. Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Thompson quote: "The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear..."
The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear creates aggressiveness. Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Thompson quote: "Can one preach at home inequality of races and nations and..."
Can one preach at home inequality of races and nations and advocate abroad good-will towards all men? Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Thompson quote: "To have felt too much is to end in feeling nothing."
To have felt too much is to end in feeling nothing. Dorothy Thompson
It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives. Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Thompson quote: "There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find..."
There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth. Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Thompson quote: "Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live."
Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. Dorothy Thompson

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