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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.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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Success is not something that can be measured or worn on a watch or hung on a wall. It is not the esteem of colleagues, or the admiration of the community, or the appreciation of patients. Success is the certain knowledge that you have become yourself, the person you will meant to be from all time. That should be reward enough.
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You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
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I don't know much about Capitalism, but I do know about Democracy and freedom, and if Capitalism may change in many, many ways, I'm not really very much interested in Capitalism.
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Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run, it is easier.
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When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted
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Anger is one letter short of danger.
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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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What one has to do usually can be done.
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...without equality there can be no democracy.
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Sometimes it is extremely good for you to forget that there is anything in the world which needs to be done, and to do some particular thing that you want to do. Every human being needs a certain amount of time in which he can be peaceful.
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If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
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Do one thing every day that scares you.
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Before we can make friends with anyone else, we must first make friends with ourselves.
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Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.
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