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
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.
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.
The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government...
The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
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.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights...
I have cherished the ideal a democratic and free society . . . it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
Life's not about expecting, hoping and wishing. It's about doing, being and becoming. It's about t Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
If you have any interests you can gain a wider audience for those interests while the goldfish bowl is yours!
So I took an interest in politics, but I don't know whether I enjoyed it! It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, books, or a particular dish for dinner.
There is nothing to regret - either for those who go or for those who are left behind
I consider those are rich who are doing something they feel worthwhile and which they enjoy doing.
If the use of leisure time is confined to looking at TV for a few extra hours every day, we will deteriorate as a people.