There is nothing to fear except the pers... | Dorothy Thompson

Truth Nothing

There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings.

- Dorothy Thompson

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We thought it would be great to see if you could put pop music back into musical theater.

- Neil Tennant

Other quotes by Dorothy Thompson

Feeling End Nothing

To have felt too much is to end in feeling nothing.

- Dorothy Thompson

Violence Peace

Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict - alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.

- Dorothy Thompson

Force

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.

- Dorothy Thompson

Fear Mind

The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear creates aggressiveness.

- Dorothy Thompson

Nature Age Years People

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

Home Men

Can one preach at home inequality of races and nations and advocate abroad good-will towards all men?

- Dorothy Thompson

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