Activism Quote by William A. Rusher

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

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

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

Eleanor Roosevelt never thought that she was attractive. She never thought that she was really sufficiently appealing. And I think her whole life was…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

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

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

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

Eleanor Roosevelt is a political force of enormous ambitions. I believe she is a menace, unscrupulous as to truth, vain and cynical - all…

— Westbrook Pegler

And during the campaign of 1936, she writes that she and her brother would always rather be out doing things when they're sick, rather…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

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 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

I think that Eleanor Roosevelt really learned about the limits of power and influence from Arthurdale. She could not make some things happen. And…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook