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One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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Diplomat
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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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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt
First Lady of the world
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Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
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If we fail to meet our problems here, no one else in the world will do so. If we fail, the heart goes out of progressives throughout the world.
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Keep us at tasks too hard for us that we may be driven to Thee for strength.
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The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
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Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
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