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Franklin [D. Roosevelt] had a good way of simplifying things. He made people feel that he had a real understanding of things and they felt they had about the same understanding.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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experience should teach us that it is always the unexpected that does occur.
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The most important word in the English language is hope.
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It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
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I never met Mahatma Gandhi, but, I think everyone felt they knew him even if they hadn't met him.
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Government exists for one purpose: to make things better for all people.
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No man is defeated without until he has first been defeated within.
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The greatest tragedy of old age is the tendency for the old to feel unneeded, unwanted, and of no use to anyone the secret of happiness in the declining years is to remain interested in life, as active as possible, useful to others, busy, and forward looking.
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