Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
I have been deeply touched by the small contributions which have been sent to me to transmit to the Democratic campaign fund. They represent more sacrifice perhaps than larger sums of money and are often accompanied by letters which make one realize even more keenly the weight of responsibility on a man who has the confidence of so large a part of a nation such as ours.
Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, First Lady (Franklin Delano Roosevelt), U. S. Delegate to the United Nations, Column, My Day, November 5,1936
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Historically almost all dictators seized their power and war criminals committed their murders to “save their nation.”
In 1932 FDR was elected president by a desperate nation in the midst of the great depression. A month before the presidential inauguration an assassin attempted to murder the President-elect, but instead fatally shot the Mayor of Chicago who was talking with Roosevelt:
This is a precursor to the famous JFK inaugural address quotation. See also, Khalil Gibran {601423} and Warren G. Harding {622594} and {629021}.
Although this was a very generous gesture, Washington’s personal expenses were quite high. His saddle for example was many times the cost of an average saddle. Over the 8 years of his tenure as Commander-In-Chief his expenses amounted to $449,261.51 in 1780 dollars. Year 2000 value would be about $5 million.
This statement is perhaps the greatest and most eloquent description of the United States exceptionalism and its behavior in WWII. Such a statement could only come from a non-American.
This was written by a French Journalist who had been assigned to America for 7 years when he wrote this in 1939. WWII was just breaking out in Europe. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was in his 3rd term of office (of 4) and since George Washington was the most popular American President, yet he had strong conservative critics and enemies.
He was discussing the importance of the public’s perception that the values of the military are the same values as the nation holds.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political figure, diplomat and activist. She served as the First Lady of the United States from March 4, 1933, to April 12, 1945, during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest-serving First Lady of the United States. Roosevelt 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.
