Eleanor Roosevelt

I have never felt that anything really mattered by the satisfaction of knowing that you stood for the things in read more

I have never felt that anything really mattered by the satisfaction of knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed and had done the very best you could.

I think we ought to impress on both our girls and boys that successful marriages require just as much work, read more

I think we ought to impress on both our girls and boys that successful marriages require just as much work, just as much intelligence and just as much unselfish devotion, as they give to any position they undertake to fill on a paid basis.

The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything read more

The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.

An economic policy which does not consider the well-being of all will not serve the purposes of peace and the read more

An economic policy which does not consider the well-being of all will not serve the purposes of peace and the growth of well-being among the people of all nations.

At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom read more

At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom from want--for these are things that must be gained in peace as well as in war.