a society in which there is widespread economic insecurity can turn freedom into a barren and vapid right for millions of people. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We do not move forward by curtailing people's liberty because we are afraid of what they may do or say. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I believe you should tell the story of injustices, of inequalities, of bad conditions, so that the people as a whole in… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
You seem to think that everyone can save money if they have the character to do it. As a matter of fact,… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If you believe that a nation is really better off which achieves for a comparative few, those who are capable of attaining… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
In our country we must trust the people to hear and see both the good and the bad and to choose the… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
An economic policy which does not consider the well-being of all will not serve the purposes of peace and the growth of… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
...no matter how avid they themselves may be for praise and appreciation, people are often niggardly in giving it to others, however… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There is no more precious experience in life than friendship. And I am not forgetting love and marriage as I write this;… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The people who came to New England, came for freedom of religion. The problem is, freedom of religion to them meant freedom… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I feel quite sure that the American people, if they have knowledge and leadership, can meet any crisis just as well as… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Smearing good people like Lauchlin Currie [former administrative assistant to President Roosevelt], Alger Hiss and others is, I think, unforgiveable... Anyone knowing… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
To me who dreamed so much as a child, who made a dreamworld in which I was the heroine of an unending… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom and equality not only for Americans but for all… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Do whatever comes your way to do as well as you can. Think as little as possible about yourself. Think as much… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
To appear to be on the inside and know more than others about what is going on is a great temptation for… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The trouble is that not enough people have come together with the firm determination to live the things which they say they… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. For what keeps our interest in life and makes us look forward to… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact remains that people fight these wars. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I believe that it is a great mistake not to stand up for people, even when you differ with them, if you… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Poor minds talk about people average minds talk about events great minds talk about ideas — 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
