Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

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Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.

Eleanor Roosevelt
I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.

Eleanor Roosevelt
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Long ago, there was a noble word, liberal, which derives from the word free. Now a strange thing happened to that word. A man named Hitler made it a term of abuse, a matter of suspicion, because those who were not with him were against him, and liberals had no use for Hitler. And then another man named McCarthy cast the same opprobrium on the word.... We must cherish and honor the word free or it will cease to apply to us.

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It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

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The more we simplify our material needs the more we are free to think of other things.

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We are given in our newspapers and on TV and radio exactly what we, the public, insist on having, and this very frequently is mediocre information and mediocre entertainment.

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I have learned long ago to possess my soul in patience and accept the inevitable.

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For instance, it is certain that women do not want a woman for President. Nor would they have the slightest confidence in her ability to fulfill the functions of that office.

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The mobilization of world opinion and methods of negotiation should be developed and used by every nation in order to strengthen the United Nations. Then if we are forced into war, it will be because there has been no way to prevent it through negotiation and the mobilization of world opinion. In which case we should have the voluntary support of many nations, which is far better than the decision of one nation alone, or even of a few nations.

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There are three fundamentals for human happiness - love and faith, and work which will produce at least a minimum of material security. These things must be made possible for all human beings, men and women alike.

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We do not move forward by curtailing people's liberty because we are afraid of what they may do or say.

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I know that given great responsibility men sometimes change, but Mr. Nixon's Presidency would worry me.

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I do not think I will ever become deadened, because I live in other people's lives, I must admit there are times when it weighs medown because I can't do some of the things I want.

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Talking too much is a far greater social fault than talking too little.

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Of course, I do not believe in having everyone who is a liberal called a communist, or everyone who is conservative called a fascist.

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I never met Mahatma Gandhi, but, I think everyone felt they knew him even if they hadn't met him.

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I believe in active citizenship, for men and women equally, as a simple matter of right and justice. I believe we will have better government in all of our countries when men and women discuss public issues together and make their decisions on the basis of their different areas of experience and their common concern for the welfare of their families and their world.

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Strength that goes wrong is even more dangerous than weakness that goes wrong.

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A great deal of fear is a result of just not knowing. We do not know what is involved in a new situation. We do not know whether we can deal with it. The sooner we learn what it entails, the sooner we can dissolve our fear.

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You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.

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True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom and equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth, universal brotherhood and good will, and a constant and earnest striving toward the principles and ideasl on which this country was founded.

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There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands.

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Experience should teach us that it is always the unexpected that does occur.

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Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying attention to you.

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