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We must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity.

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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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Feminist
Former First Lady Of The United States
Human Rights Activist
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Manhattan borough
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A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.
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We will have to want peace, want it enough to pay for it, before it becomes an accepted rule.
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The purpose of life afterall is to live it.
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Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
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How can we be such fools as to go on senselessly taking human life in this way? Why the women in every nation do not rise up and refuse to bring children into a world of this kind is beyond my understanding.
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