Theodore Roosevelt had drawn public attention to his attractive family in order to create a bond with ordinary Americans. Eleanor Roosevelt had… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
I learned the power of radio watching Eleanor Roosevelt do her show. I used to go up to Hyde Park and hold… — Allen Funt Copy Share Image
Eleanor Roosevelt is a political force of enormous ambitions. I believe she is a menace, unscrupulous as to truth, vain and cynical… — Westbrook Pegler Copy Share Image
“Every time you meet a situation, though you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures… — Jay Carter Copy Share Image
“Because high school only comes around once, and I would hate to look back and think I didn’t make the most of… — Sarah Strohmeyer Copy Share Image
When women were excluded from New Deal programs, Eleanor Roosevelt fought to include them. Roosevelt was among a handful of leaders who… — Lael Brainard Copy Share Image
“There is no more liberating, no more exhilarating experience than to determine one's position, state it bravely and then act boldly. —Eleanor… — Christine K. Jahnke Copy Share Image
Eleanor Roosevelt started off almost every early article she wrote, starting with, "My mother was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen."… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
A line from one of my 1997 columns - 'Do one thing every day that scares you' - is now widely attributed… — Mary Schmich Copy Share Image
“Tenemos miedo de querer demasiado por miedo a que a la otra persona no le importe en absoluto: Eleanor Roosevelt. Excerpt From:… — Monica Murphy Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing I wanted to say at various times to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt was that it seemed… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
And during the campaign of 1936, she writes that she and her brother would always rather be out doing things when they're… — Blanche Wiesen Cook 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
Eleanor Roosevelt was painfully shy, painfully shy. So she overcompensated. In the same way that Nancy Reagan felt unattractive and unlovable and… — Cynthia Nixon Copy Share Image
Well, in Washington, this is a very hard time for Eleanor and Franklin. This is when Lucy Mercer first appears. And Lucy… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
I think that Eleanor Roosevelt really learned about the limits of power and influence from Arthurdale. She could not make some things… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
“Looking back I see that I was always afraid of something: of the dark, of displeasing people, of failure. Anything I accomplished… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I have always had a great deal of respect and admiration for Eleanor Roosevelt. She was a true humanitarian and champion of… — Jill Biden Copy Share Image
I'd like to ask Eleanor Roosevelt what she regrets most, because I think that might reveal something that I didn't catch on… — Russell Freedman Copy Share Image
I came upon a telegram from Eleanor Roosevelt herself to Gypsy Rose Lee that read, 'May your bare ass always be shining'.… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
“In those days the typical Hollywood mother ran around looking like Eleanor Roosevelt, wearing a hat with a feather in it to… — Florence Aadland Copy Share Image
“You are very kind and very intelligent and those elements are not always found together. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune,… — Maya Angelou 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
“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices… — Inglath Cooper Copy Share Image
And you can really see in all of these issues that are priorities for Eleanor Roosevelt, where the compromises are painful, the… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Her mother died at the age of 29, essentially turning her face to the wall and deciding to die. And so we… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
I think Eleanor Roosevelt always had a most incredible comfort writing letters. I mean, she was in the habit of writing letters.… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
“Miss Volker,” I said about as politely as I knew how, “do you think you will outlast the rest of these original… — Jack Gantos Copy Share Image
So in 1924, Eleanor Roosevelt really gets a sense of what the limits of the battle and the contours of the battle… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
In one way, it is this sense of order and also love that, I think, really saved Eleanor Roosevelt's life. And in… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
But it's also the beginning of another level of liberation for her]Eleanor Roosevelt], because when she returns to New York, she gets… — Blanche Wiesen Cook 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
I mean, her father was an alcoholic, and her mother was the suffering wife of a man who she could never predict… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
What was really great with Eleanor Roosevelt - I mean, of course, we all have this stereotypical, really satirical almost, version of… — Cynthia Nixon 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
She writes that one of the moments that she felt most useful was when her mother had a headache, and she would… — Blanche Wiesen Cook 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
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
A lot of people say that Eleanor Roosevelt wasn't a good mother. And there are two pieces to that story. One is,… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Well, when Eleanor Roosevelt's mother dies, she goes to live with her Grandmother Hall. And her Grandmother Hall is in mourning. She's… — Blanche Wiesen Cook 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 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/i/aa0/william-a-rusher-20922_active_that-was-a-general-impression-that-one-g_1572497.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/i/ab3/william-a-rusher-20922_effectively_and-if-something-came-along-that-didn-t_2274311.jpg)
![“But it's also the beginning of another level of liberation for her]Eleanor Roosevelt], because when she returns to New York, she gets very involved in a new level of politics. She meets Esther Lape and Elizabeth Read, and becomes very involved in the women's movement, and then in the peace…” quote by Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b22/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_despair_but-it-s-also-the-beginning-of-another-l_701343.png)
![“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/i/700/william-a-rusher-20922_appropriate_i-think-she-eleanor-roosevelt-was-a-shre_2261351.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/i/dbf/william-a-rusher-20922_clinton_i-think-the-fact-that-she-eleanor-roosev_133419.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/i/c01/william-a-rusher-20922_awful_i-think-she-eleanor-roosevelt-never-was_1605673.jpg)
