One has to say that they [Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt] were pioneering to some extent. They didn't know that some of the… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
I think that it is true that Eleanor Roosevelt, by being so active on that front, contributed to that impression very substantially.… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
Eleanor Roosevelt had both her admirers and her detractors. And they admired her and detracted from her for many of the same… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
People who thought that she was busy going around trying to stir up difficulty where there was none or less than she… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
That was a general impression that one got, that she [Eleanor Roosevelt] was always flitting around the country and descending on some… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
These were in the days before anybody thought to criticize Congressmen, let alone first ladies, for making money on speeches. So Eleanor… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
I think she [Eleanor Roosevelt] never was called because she probably didn't know an awful lot. The whole burden of the criticism… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
I think the fact that she [Eleanor Roosevelt] was a woman probably in those days would have been an additional criticism, although… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
These people looked Japanese, were originally Japanese, were numerous. We had no way of knowing to what extent they had been infiltrated.… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
And Eleanor's husband was the man who did the interning. And I think they - Governor Warren, who was later to become… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
Well, at the time, we certainly regarded them [Elianor and Franklin Roosevelt] as partners. We did not know what has since come… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
I think she [Eleanor Roosevelt] was a shrewd politician, and very good in public relations, although she had the usual media help… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
Well, I didn't read My Day by Eleanor Roosevelt very carefully. I was away during a lot of that, in the war… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
They seemed like a team. And I think it is fair to say that Roosevelt was the consummate politician and that Eleanor… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
And if something came along that didn't sound so good, it perhaps didn't always get out there as it should have. But… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
Our Navy was very largely sunk. And we were at war in no time at all. I share, in retrospect, the distress we all… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
One of the most influential women of the 20th century? Well, that may be overdoing it. When one thinks of really influential women, my… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
I think the fact that she [Eleanor Roosevelt] was a woman probably in those days would have been an additional criticism, although first ladies… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
And at the UN she took the advice - she had to take the advice - of the State Department and the Assistant Secretary… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
Eleanor Roosevelt had both her admirers and her detractors. And they admired her and detracted from her for many of the same reasons. People… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
One has to say that they [Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt] were pioneering to some extent. They didn't know that some of the housing projects… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
She was obviously useful at the UN because she had a public persona before she ever got there. She was well known. She was… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
These people looked Japanese, were originally Japanese, were numerous. We had no way of knowing to what extent they had been infiltrated. To their… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
Well, you have to remember that until 1948, when Hubert Humphrey and others forced the Democratic Party to adopt a new policy on civil… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
I think that it is true that Eleanor Roosevelt, by being so active on that front, contributed to that impression very substantially. And it's… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
That was a general impression that one got, that she [Eleanor Roosevelt] was always flitting around the country and descending on some place in… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
People who thought that she was busy going around trying to stir up difficulty where there was none or less than she imagined, were… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
![“One has to say that they [Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt] were pioneering to some extent. They didn't know that some of the housing projects that they were putting up for the poor were going to turn into crack dens and rapists' bowers and things of that sort, which they have since become. But you…” quote by William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/564/william-a-rusher-20922_cracks_one-has-to-say-that-they-eleanor-and-fra_1164374.jpg)
![“That was a general impression that one got, that she [Eleanor Roosevelt] was always flitting around the country and descending on some place in the Ozarks that she decided was disadvantaged, and announcing that something had to be done. And she had a very active social conscience, which I think in…” quote by William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/aa0/william-a-rusher-20922_active_that-was-a-general-impression-that-one-g_1572497.jpg)
![“I think she [Eleanor Roosevelt] never was called because she probably didn't know an awful lot. The whole burden of the criticism of her on the subject of Communism is naiveté, not participation. And again, being a public figure and our representative at the UN, there was nothing Communist about…” quote by William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c01/william-a-rusher-20922_awful_i-think-she-eleanor-roosevelt-never-was_1605673.jpg)
![“I think the fact that she [Eleanor Roosevelt] was a woman probably in those days would have been an additional criticism, although first ladies by definition in those days were women. There's always been a problem and still is, about the role the first lady should play, of course. Everybody's seen…” quote by William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dbf/william-a-rusher-20922_clinton_i-think-the-fact-that-she-eleanor-roosev_133419.jpg)
![“Well, at the time, we certainly regarded them [Elianor and Franklin Roosevelt] as partners. We did not know what has since come out about the difficulties of their marital life, or the problems that Franklin gave Eleanor and his mother gave Eleanor, in many respects. We didn't know much about that.” quote by William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cb9/william-a-rusher-20922_difficulty_well-at-the-time-we-certainly-regarded-t_2793348.jpg)
![“I think she [Eleanor Roosevelt] was a shrewd politician, and very good in public relations, although she had the usual media help in this. As a Republican and a conservative, I can say ruefully that the Democrats and the liberals tend to get it; that when she said something, it was put in a nice…” quote by William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/700/william-a-rusher-20922_appropriate_i-think-she-eleanor-roosevelt-was-a-shre_2261351.jpg)
![“And if something came along that didn't sound so good, it perhaps didn't always get out there as it should have. But given the fact that she [Eleanor Roosevelt] had the help, nonetheless she knew how to use it. And she used it very effectively.” quote by William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ab3/william-a-rusher-20922_eleanor_and-if-something-came-along-that-didn-t_2274311.jpg)
