Perhaps in His wisdom the Almighty is trying to show us that a leader may chart the way, may point out the road to lasting peace, but that many leaders and many peoples must do the building.
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One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education... The second way of enslaving a people is to suppress the sources of information, not only by burning books but by controlling all the other ways in which ideas are transmitted.Eleanor Roosevelt
day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music -- that would be rest.
Eleanor Roosevelt
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.
Eleanor Roosevelt
You future first ladies will feel that you are no longer clothing yourself, you are dressing a public monument.
Eleanor Roosevelt
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
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