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We do not move forward by curtailing people's liberty because we are afraid of what they may do or say.

We do not move forward by curtailing people's liberty because we are afraid of what they may do or say.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Moving, People, Liberty
Eleanor Roosevelt (1995). “What I Hope to Leave Behind: The Essential Essays of Eleanor Roosevelt”, Carlson Pub

Get out of the way as quickly as you're not needed.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Way, Needed
Eleanor Roosevelt, David Emblidge (1989). “Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: Her Acclaimed Columns, 1936-1945”

A democratic form of government, a democratic way of life, presupposes free public education over a long period; it presupposes also an education for personal responsibility that too often is neglected.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Education, Women, School
Eleanor Roosevelt (1995). “What I Hope to Leave Behind: The Essential Essays of Eleanor Roosevelt”, Carlson Pub

For instance, it is certain that women do not want a woman for President. Nor would they have the slightest confidence in her ability to fulfill the functions of that office.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Confidence, Office, President
Eleanor Roosevelt (1995). “What I Hope to Leave Behind: The Essential Essays of Eleanor Roosevelt”, Carlson Pub

You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Moving, People, Priorities

the term 'young adults' which is so often used today seems to me a misnomer, and one which, if taken seriously, may lead the adolescent into misunderstanding as to his nature and his role in life. 'Young" he is; 'adult' he is not.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Taken, Adults, Roles

To most teenagers, life is a strange uncharted land filled with a mixture of new joys, intensely felt, and painful confusions for which they know no anodyne.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Teenager, Land, Confusion

I never thought of achievement. I just did what came along for me to do - the thing that gave me the most pleasure.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Work, Achievement, Pleasure

Curiosity must be kept alive.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Inspirational Life, Curiosity, Alive
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt preface (1961)

The most important word in the English language is hope.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Hope, Important, Language

In business courtesy and efficiency have a symbiotic relationship.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Business, Courtesy, Efficiency

Do not be afraid of mistakes, provided you do not make the same one twice.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Mistake

The leisure class is one in which individuals have sufficient economic security and sufficient leisure to find opportunity for a variety of satisfactions in life.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Opportunity, Satisfaction In Life, Class

experience should teach us that it is always the unexpected that does occur.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Doe, Unexpected, Should
Eleanor Roosevelt (1938). “My Days”

Everybody wants something.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Want Something, Want

Manipulate the situation to create the reality of your desire

Eleanor Roosevelt
Reality, Desire, Situation

Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Choices, Unemployment, Conditions
"Eleanor and Harry: The Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman".

We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind, that is the approval by the General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Rights, Today, Approval
Eleanor Roosevelt (2009). “The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers”

Spiritual leadership should remain spiritual leadership and the temporal power should not become too important in any church.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Leadership, Spiritual, Women
Eleanor Roosevelt, Allida Mae Black (2013). “Courage in a Dangerous World: The Political Writings of Eleanor Roosevelt”, p.258, Columbia University Press

If you approach each new person you meet in a spirit of adventure, you will find yourself endlessly fascinated by the new channels of thought and experience and personality that you encounter.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Adventure, Diversity, Personality
Eleanor Roosevelt (1960). “You learn by living”, HarperCollins Publishers

...real prosperity can only come when everybody prospers.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Real, Political, Politics

Unused ability, like unused muscles, will atrophy.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Action, Muscles, Ability

We cannot exist as a little island of well-being in a world where two-thirds of the people go to bed hungry every night.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Night, Two, Islands

When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact remains that people fight these wars.

Eleanor Roosevelt
War, Fighting, People
Eleanor Roosevelt, David Emblidge (1989). “Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: Her Acclaimed Columns, 1936-1945”

I learned then that practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good, and that motives are often more important than actions.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Important, World, Action

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