When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered.
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The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld.
Dorothy Thompson
Can one preach at home inequality of races and nations and advocate abroad good-will towards all men?
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In life, if we have hope in God, it makes us happy. Jesus is all that we need,
Dorothy Thompson
Inventive man has invented nothing -- nothing from scratch. If he has produced a machine that in motion overcomes the law of gravity, he learned the essentials from the observation of birds.
Dorothy Thompson
Disillusion comes only to the illusioned. One cannot be disillusioned of what one never put faith in.
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