Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Rooseveltwas an American politician, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, having held the post from March 1933 to April 1945 during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, and served as United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952. President Harry S. Truman later called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth11 October 1884
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact remains that people fight these wars.
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.
Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?
You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.
There are no have-to's, just choices
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.
You should always own a black dress because no one ever remembers a black dress.
Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life.
Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president.
The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares.
Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.
Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.