Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

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I think that if the atomic bomb did nothing more, it scared the people to the point where they realized that either they must do something about preventing war or there is a chance that there might be a morning when we would not wake up.

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To leave the world richer — that is the ultimate success.

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I have moments of real terror when I think we may be losing this generation.

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Somehow we must be able to show people that democracy is not about words, but action.

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The first freedom of man, I contend, is the freedom to eat.

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A respect for the rights of other peoples to determine their forms of government and their economy will not weaken our democracy. It will inevitably strengthen it.

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Always be on time. Never try to make any personal engagements. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Never be disturbed by anything. Always do what you're told to do as quickly as possible. Remember to lean back in a parade, so that people can see your husband. Don't get too fat to ride three on a seat. Get out of the way as quickly as you're not needed.

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No writing has any real value which is not the expression of genuine thought and feeling.

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I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.

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No man is defeated without until he has first been defeated within.

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I'm intensely anxious to preserve the freedom that gives you the right to think and to act and to talk as you please. That I think is essential to happiness and the life of the people.

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To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start.

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What we need in the world is manners... I think that if, instead of preaching brotherly love, we preached good manners, we might get a little further. It sounds less righteous and more practical.

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No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.

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Every woman wants to be first to someone sometime in her life and that desire is the explanation for many strange things women do.

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There is nothing to regret - either for those who go or for those who are left behind

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As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.

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If you have any interests you can gain a wider audience for those interests while the goldfish bowl is yours!

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One has to live in Washington to know what a city of rumors it is.

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Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world... Such are the places where every man, woman and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere.

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One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the moments spent with those we love, and to make them whenever possible good to remember, for time is short.

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Where after all, do human rights begin? In small places, close to home.

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Those who attack always do so with greater fervor than those who defend.

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When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?

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I was perfectly certain that I had nothing to offer of an individual nature and that my only chance of doing my duty as the wife of a public official was to do exactly as the majority of women were doing...

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