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

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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Former First Lady Of The United States
Human Rights Activist
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Manhattan borough
New York City
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When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
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Democracy cannot be static. Whatever is static is dead.
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To undo a mistake is always harder than not to create one originally but we seldom have the foresight. Therefore we have no choice but to try to correct our past mistakes.
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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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