One of the most influential women of the 20th century? Well, that may be overdoing it. When one thinks of really influential women, my mind turns to Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir, ... some of the true political leaders in their… — 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 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 it in Jackie Kennedy and Nancy Reagan and, heaven… — William A. Rusher Copy Share
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 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 can't always foresee the future. I'm… — William A. Rusher Copy Share
She was obviously useful at the UN because she had a public persona before she ever got there. She was well known. She was a spokeswoman for many important things. When she got there, what she said was paid attention to, undoubtedly much more than would have been if just Joe Blow had been made our representative to the United… — William A. Rusher Copy Share
These people looked Japanese, were originally Japanese, were numerous. We had no way of knowing to what extent they had been infiltrated. To their great credit, it seems not to have been very much at all. But I can understand why. And I rather respect Eleanor for standing out against the tide at that point. But it certainly was a… — William A. Rusher Copy Share
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
![“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)
