“People who thought that she was busy going around trying to stir up difficulty where there was none or less than she imagined, were quite critical of her. She was, we must never forget, a public figure. And in democracies, public figures tend to attract criticism as well as praise. The most dangerous thing would be if anybody were regarded as above criticism. And Eleanor Roosevelt is, in recent years, getting there.”
![“I think she [Eleanor Roosevelt] was a shrewd politician, and very good in public relations, although she had the usual media help in this. As a Republican and a conservative, I can say ruefully that the Democrats and the liberals tend to get it; that when she said something, it was put in a nice…” quote by William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/700/william-a-rusher-20922_appropriate_i-think-she-eleanor-roosevelt-was-a-shre_2261351.jpg)
![“That was a general impression that one got, that she [Eleanor Roosevelt] was always flitting around the country and descending on some place in the Ozarks that she decided was disadvantaged, and announcing that something had to be done. And she had a very active social conscience, which I think in…” quote by William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/aa0/william-a-rusher-20922_active_that-was-a-general-impression-that-one-g_1572497.jpg)
![“I think she [Eleanor Roosevelt] never was called because she probably didn't know an awful lot. The whole burden of the criticism of her on the subject of Communism is naiveté, not participation. And again, being a public figure and our representative at the UN, there was nothing Communist about…” quote by William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c01/william-a-rusher-20922_awful_i-think-she-eleanor-roosevelt-never-was_1605673.jpg)
