"If human beings can be trained for cruelty……" — Eleanor Roosevelt
"If human beings can be trained for cruelty and greed and a belief in power which comes through hate and fear and force, certainly we can train equally well for greatness and mercy and the power of love which comes because of the strength of the good qualities to be found in the soul of every human being."
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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390 Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt
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Democracy cannot be static. Whatever is static is dead.
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Life has got to be lived - that's all there is to it.
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Nothing we learn in this world is ever wasted.
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