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“One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education.”

Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt

Book:My Day: The Best of Eleanor Roosevelt's Acclaimed Newspaper Columns, 1936-1962

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My Day: The Best of Eleanor Roosevelt's Acclaimed Newspaper Columns, 1936-1962

This book compiles a selection of Eleanor Roosevelt's widely-read newspaper columns, showcasing her insights on politics, social issues, and personal reflections during a significant period of American history. more

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Eleanor Roosevelt

Former First Lady of the United States, political activist, and author. Eleanor Roosevelt is renowned for her exceptional social activism and contributions to civil rights. She served as the First Lady during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency and continued to be actively involved in political and social affairs after his death. more

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“This freedom of which men speak, for which they fight, seems to some people a perilous thing. It has to be earned at a bitter cost and then it has to be lived with. For freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.”

People Men Humans Seems Fighting Speak Freedom Human Beings Responsibility Huge Cost Bitter Requirements

Book:You learn by living

Source: You learn by living

“The greatest tragedy of old age is the tendency for the old to feel unneeded, unwanted, and of no use to anyone; the secret of happiness in the declining years is to remain interested in life, as active as possible, useful to others, busy, and forward looking.”

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Book:Book of common sense etiquette

Source: Book of common sense etiquette

“This is a time for action not for war, but for mobilization of every bit of peace machinery.”

War Action Bits Peace Machinery Mobilization

Book:My Day: The Best of Eleanor Roosevelt's Acclaimed Newspaper Columns, 1936-1962

Source: My Day: The Best of Eleanor Roosevelt's Acclaimed Newspaper Columns, 1936-1962

“The basis of world peace is the teaching which runs through almost all the great religions of the world. "Love thy neighbor as thyself." Christ, some of the other great Jewish teachers, Buddha, all preached it. Their followers forgot it. What is the trouble between capital and labor, what is the trouble in many of our communities, but rather a universal forgetting that this teaching is one of our first obligations.”

World Firsts Running Peace Christ Community Forget Teacher Trouble Teaching Labor Universal Bases Neighbor Obligation Followers Thyself Our Community Love Thy Neighbor World Love

Author:Eleanor Roosevelt

“I have never believed that war settled anything satisfactorily, but I am not entirely sure that some times there are certain situations in the world such as we have in actuality when a country is worse off when it does not go to war for its principles than if it went to war.”

Ifs World Doe War Country Certain Situation Principles Actuality

Author:Eleanor Roosevelt

“Most women, I think, though they may complain a little about this, would agree that meeting the needs of others is not a real burden; it is what makes life worth living. It is probably the deepest satisfaction a woman has.”

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Book:You learn by living

Source: You learn by living

“No writing has any real value which is not the expression of genuine thought and feeling.”

Writing Real Feelings Values Expression Genuine Thoughts And Feelings Real Value

Book:Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: Her Acclaimed Columns, 1936-1945

Source: Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: Her Acclaimed Columns, 1936-1945

“There is no more precious experience in life than friendship. And I am not forgetting love and marriage as I write this; the lovers, or the man and wife, who are not friends are but weakly joined together. One enlarges his circle of friends through contact with many people. One who limits those contacts narrows the circle and frequently his own point of view as well.”

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Book:Book of common sense etiquette

Source: Book of common sense etiquette

“It is always disagreeable to take stands. It is always easier to compromise, always easier to let things go. To many women, and I am one of them, it is extraordinarily difficult to care about anything enough to cause disagreement or unpleasant feelings, but I have come to the conclusion that this must be done for a time until we can prove our strength and demand respect for our wishes. We cannot even be of real service in the coming campaign and speak as a united body of women unless we have the respect of men and show that when we express a wish, we are willing to stand by it.”

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“Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give us love and unquestioned loyalty to the limit of their ability. I doubt, however, if it is good for us to feel assured of this without the accompanying obligation of having to justify this devotion by our behavior.”

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