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# Joseph P. Lash

(1909–1987)   Biographer

 **3** quotes in **6** categories

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Joseph P. Lash was a biographer.

## Quick Facts About Joseph P. Lash

Born December 2, 1909

Died August 22, 1987

Profession Biographer

## About Joseph P. Lash

American political activist (1909-1987)... \| Joseph Paul Lash was an American radical political activist, journalist, and writer. A close friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, Lash won both the Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the National Book Award in Biography for Eleanor and Franklin (1971), the first of two volumes he wrote about the former First

##  Quotes by Joseph P. Lash

> [“The United Nations had to be the cornerstone of our foreign policy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-p-lash/the-united-nations-had-to-be-the-cornerstone-of-our-foreign-policy/)

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[Cornerstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cornerstone/)

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> [“If the UN is to become the instrument for peace now is the time to strengthen it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-p-lash/if-the-un-is-to-become-the-instrument-for-peace-now-is-the-time-to/)

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[Peace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peace/)

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> [“At 70, I would say the advantage is that you take life more calmly. You know that "this too, shall pass.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-p-lash/at-70-i-would-say-the-advantage-is-that-you-take-life-more-calmly-you/)

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[Advantage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/)

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