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Former First Lady of the United States

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“A woman has, first of all, her duties in their own home, and there are many women particularly when they're young, who can do an active job in their community like being a mayor, but who cannot go to Washington or Albany or wherever the capital of the state is. There are others who can, can leave home, whose children are older and so forth. I think it all is a personal decision.”

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“Mahatma Gandhi I would say had perhaps a greater spiritual quality whereas Winston Churchill had besides the courage, ability and above everything else, the ability to put into words what his people felt so that he could always lead them. And my own husband I think had great patience, which you need in a democracy because you have to come to do fundamental things, you have to have the patience to have people educated; and then I think he had a deep interest in human beings as human beings.”

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“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”

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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

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“We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.”

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“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”

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Book:My Day: The Best of Eleanor Roosevelt's Acclaimed Newspaper Columns, 1936-1962
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“A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.”

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“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

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“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.”

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Book:You learn by living
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“I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.”

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Book:What I Hope to Leave Behind: The Essential Essays of Eleanor Roosevelt
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“Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect.”

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Book:You learn by living
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“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.”

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“It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.”

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Book:Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: The post-war years, her acclaimed columns, 1945-1952
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