“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 general is to her credit, although it tended, as many people thought, to just be overdone to the point where it gave rise to this crack that she regarded the whole world as one vast slum project” PeopleThinkingWorldCountryDoneWholeSocialProjectsConscienceDecidedCreditActiveImpressionWhole WorldCracksSlumsEleanorDescendingAnnouncingDisadvantagedOzarks Author:William A. Rusher
“I have no idea why she quieted down on the subject. Maybe she was told to. I can imagine that it wasn't a very popular position in the Administration, with her own husband having ordered by executive order the internment. Maybe she was just told: "Look, we're in a war now. Turn off your social conscience."” LooksI CanIdeasWarOrderTurnsSocialImagineSubjectsPositionHusbandConscienceAdministrationNo IdeaExecutivesImagine ThatTurn OffVery PopularExecutive OrdersInternment Author:William A. Rusher
“In terms of legacy, I'm not sure that I see some great historic deposit there, as a result of her passing our way. She heightened the sense of social conscience in the New Deal generally. To her great credit, she was early on the side of the blacks in their fight for civil rights. She had a tendency to participate, which easily oozed over into meddlesomeness.” WayFightingSocialSidesTermResultsDealsRightsConscienceCreditPassingPassingsTendenciesCivil RightsLegacyNot SureHistoricDepositsNew Deal Author:William A. Rusher
