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a society in which there is widespread economic insecurity can turn freedom into a barren and vapid right for millions of people.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
Autobiographer
Diplomat
Feminist
Former First Lady Of The United States
Human Rights Activist
Journalist
Peace Activist
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Manhattan borough
New York City
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First Lady of the world
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No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.
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Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.
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The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.
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Caring comes from being able to put yourself in the position of the other person.
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When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact remains that people fight these wars.
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You seem to think that everyone can save money if they have the character to do it. As a matter of fact, there are innumerable people who have a wide choice between saving and giving their children the best possible opportunities. The decision is usually in favor of the children.
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The economy of communism is an economy which grows in an atmosphere of misery and want.
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Government exists for one purpose: to make things better for all people.
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To a certain extent I don't see any real need for socialism in the United States immediately, but things change and it may be that there will come a need for partial changes in our economy.
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One of the first things we must get rid of is the idea that democracy is tantamount to capitalism.
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It's your life-but only if you make it so.
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It is impossible to be a cynic if you live a good deal with young people. Fundamentally, every young person has a feeling that the future is going to hold something of value.
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Long ago, I made up my mind that, when things were said involving only me, I would pay no attention to them, except when valid criticism was carried by which I could profit.
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I never waste time looking back.
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Men have to be reminded that women exist.
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It is a brave thing to have courage to be an individual it is also, perhaps, a lonely thing. But it is better than not being an individual, which is to be nobody at all.
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