Dorothy Thompson

“No people ever recognize their dictator in advance. He never stands for election on the platform of dictatorship. He always represents himself as the instrument of Incorporated National Will.”

“Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.”

“The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.”

“Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict.”

“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.”

“They have not persuaded me that it is better to live on my knees than to die on my feet.”

“Fear is the most devitalizing emotion in the world.”

“It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that constitutes its health.”

“Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity.”

“Age is a state of mind. Youth is a quality. I'm going to be a contemporary of my grandchildren.”

“To be right and overruled is not forgiven to persons in responsible positions.”

“Unless the habit of telling the truth as one sees it is fostered, the purpose of education is not fulfilled.”

“There is nothing to prevent a woman from being a good writer. The only difficulty is to be a good writer.”