To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Somehow we must be able to show people that democracy is not about words, but action. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We need not fear any isms if our democracy is achieving the ends for which it was established. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
One of the first things we must get rid of is the idea that democracy is tantamount to capitalism. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people? — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If we fail to meet our problems here, no one else in the world will do so. If we fail, the heart… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A respect for the rights of other peoples to determine their forms of government and their economy will not weaken our democracy.… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I don't know much about Capitalism, but I do know about Democracy and freedom, and if Capitalism may change in many, many… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The motivating force of the theory of a Democratic way of life is still a belief that as individuals we live cooperatively,… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A democratic form of government, a democratic way of life, presupposes free public education over a long period; it presupposes also an… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I'm enormously interested in freedom and retaining the right to have whatever economy we want and to shape it as we want… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I believe that it is essential to our leadership in the world and to the development of true democracy in our country… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The motivating force of the theory of a Democratic way of life is still a belief that as individuals we live cooperatively,… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“...our children must learn...to face full responsibility for their actions, to make their own choices and cope with the results...the whole democratic… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Our real battlefield today is Asia and our real battle is the one between democracy and communism. . . . We have… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Our children should learn the general framework of their government and then they should know where they come in contact with the… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Mahatma Gandhi I would say had perhaps a greater spiritual quality whereas Winston Churchill had besides the courage, ability and above everything… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
experience should teach us that it is always the unexpected that does occur. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
To be mature you have to realize what you value most... Not to arrive at a clear understanding of one's own values is a… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I'm enormously interested in freedom and retaining the right to have whatever economy we want and to shape it as we want and a… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“One of the things I believe most intensely is that every child’s why should be answered with care—and with respect. If you do not… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
What we must learn to do is to create unbreakable bonds between the sciences and the humanities. We cannot procrastinate. The world of the… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind,… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
