"We stand today at the threshold of a……" — Eleanor Roosevelt
"We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind. This declaration may well become the international Magna Carta for all men everywhere. We hope its proclamation by the General Assembly will be an event comparable to the proclamation in 1789 [of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man], the adoption of the Bill of Rights by the people of the U.S., and the adoption of comparable declarations at different times in other countries..."
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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390 Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt has 390 quotes on this site.
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We must want for others, not ourselves alone.
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No one from the beginning of time has had security.
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The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.... In any case, the…
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Furnish an example, stop preaching, stop shielding, don't prevent self-reliance and initiative, allow your children to develop along thier own…
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The trouble is that not enough people have come together with the firm determination to live the things which they…
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Democracy cannot be static. Whatever is static is dead.
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Nearly all great civilizations that perished did so because they had crystallized, because they were incapable of adapting themselves to…
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Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small…
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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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The kind of man who thinks that helping with the dishes is beneath him will also think that helping with…
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Basically we could not have peace, or an atmosphere in which peace could grow, unless we recognized the rights of…
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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Nothing is impossible,' said one of the seven sages of Greece, 'to industry.' Let us change the word, 'industry,' to…
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State Farm is pleased to support the Common Core State Standards Initiative. State by State adoption of these standards is…
— Edward B. Rust, Jr.
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Abortion is an act of desperation. It's an awful solution to a situation that God can work out for good…
— Bob Carlisle
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I think it is a worthy goal in America to have every child protected by law and welcomed in life.…
— George W. Bush
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Gay adoption is discrimination against children
— Pope Francis
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There are people who've said that I'm being brave for being openly supportive of gay marriage, gay adoption... With all…
— Anne Hathaway
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Next came the patent laws. These began in England in 1624, and in this country with the adoption of our…
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You see how many are the benefits of baptism, and some think its heavenly grace consists only in the remission…
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We have been adopted as sons by the Lord with this one condition; that our life expresses Christ, the bond…
— John Calvin
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I definitely thought about it long and hard, about if I wanted to keep the baby or not, and I…
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