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Dorothy Day was an American journalist and social activist, born on November 8, 1897, and died on November 29, 1980. She is known for her focus on poverty and labor issues and is considered one of the leading figures in the American social justice movement of the 20th century.

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Famous Dorothy Day Quotes

“Of all the charges made against the Communists these days of congressional investigations, the charge of loose morals is seldom heard, so very loose have become those of "Christian" people.”

People Made Christian Moral Heard These Days Communist Investigation

Author:Dorothy Day

“My whole life so far, my whole experience has been that our failure has been not to love enough. This conviction brought me to a rejection of the radical movement after my early membership in the Socialist Party, the Industrial Workers of the World, and the Communist affiliates I worked with.”

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Book:On Pilgrimage

Source: On Pilgrimage

“When people are standing up for our present rotten system, they are being worse than Communists, it seems to me.”

People Seems Standing Communist Rotten

Book:All the Way to Heaven: The Selected Letters of Dorothy Day

Source: All the Way to Heaven: The Selected Letters of Dorothy Day

“If you feed the poor, you're a saint. If you ask why they're poor, you're a Communist.”

Ifs Asks Poor Saint Communist

Author:Dorothy Day

“The Communists in Cuba didn't assist Castro in his revolution. They weren't on the side of the students. They didn't do anything to help in the invasion or the long-continuing struggle from the Oriente province down.”

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Author:Dorothy Day

“Certainly we disagree with the Communist Party, as we disagree with other political parties who are trying to maintain the American way of life.”

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Author:Dorothy Day

“First of all, let it be remembered that I speak as an ex-Communist and one who has not testified before Congressional Committees, nor written works on the Communist conspiracy.”

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Author:Dorothy Day

“We need to change the system. We need to overthrow, not the government, as the authorities are always accusing the Communists 'of conspiring to teach [us] to do,' but this rotten, decadent, putrid industrial capitalist system which breeds such suffering in the whited sepulcher of New York.”

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Author:Dorothy Day

About the Author

Born: November 8, 1897
Died: November 29, 1980
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 196

Books & Sources

On PilgrimageRelated source material

The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy DayRelated source material

All the Way to Heaven: The Selected Letters of Dorothy DayRelated source material

The Reckless Way of Love: Notes on Following JesusRelated source material

House of hospitalityRelated source material

Praying in the Presence of Our Lord with Dorothy DayRelated source material

The Dorothy Day bookRelated source material

The Long LonelinessRelated source material

The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist – A Greenwich Village Journalist's Conversion and Commitment to Peace and JusticeRelated source material

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