Asked Quote by Mike Wallace

What was really great with Eleanor Roosevelt - I mean, of course, we all have this stereotypical, really satirical almost, version of how she…

— Cynthia Nixon

I have always had a great deal of respect and admiration for Eleanor Roosevelt. She was a true humanitarian and champion of Women's Rights…

— Jill Biden

She writes that one of the moments that she felt most useful was when her mother had a headache, and she would stroke her…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

“Only I can let you disrepect me! Eleanore Roosevelt”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

I think the most important thing I wanted to say at various times to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt was that it seemed so sad…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

I think her Grandmother Hall gave her a great sense of family love, and reassurance. Her grandmother did love her, like her father, unconditionally.…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

I had often joked in my speeches that I had imaginary conversations with Mrs. Roosevelt to solicit her advice on a range of subjects.…

— Hillary Clinton

Eleanor Roosevelt was painfully shy, painfully shy. So she overcompensated. In the same way that Nancy Reagan felt unattractive and unlovable and so everything…

— Cynthia Nixon

I don't identify with her, but I highly admire Eleanor Roosevelt.

— Shonda Rhimes

“A day out-of- doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music — that would be rest.…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

I think she [Eleanor Roosevelt] was a shrewd politician, and very good in public relations, although she had the usual media help in this.…

— William A. Rusher

And if something came along that didn't sound so good, it perhaps didn't always get out there as it should have. But given the…

— William A. Rusher