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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
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What one has to do usually can be done.
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It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
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Think as little as possible about yourself and as much as possible about other people.
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One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education.
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You get strength and courage, when you stop to look fear in the face.
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You gain strength, courage, and confidence by doing the thing which you think you cannot do.
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I'm intensely anxious to preserve the freedom that gives you the right to think and to act and to talk as you please. That I think is essential to happiness and the life of the people.
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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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Somewhere along the line of development we discover what we really are and then make our real decision for which we are responsible. Make that decision primarily for yourself because you can never really live anyone else's lie, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life and what you become yourself.
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