Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
In this world where force is still rampant one holds one's breath when one looks into the faces of young people. If only they can succeed where we of the older generation have failed!
In the political norms of the 21st century this is a remarkable statement. Here we have the President’s wife, at the end of his first term, stating that her generation has failed. If anyone close to the Obama administration in 2012, after his first 4 years, had stated that we had failed, the press would have had a field day and the minority party would be running the statement day and night as attack ads. “He’s been in control for 4 years and we are still a failure. He is incompetent.” The reality is that political honesty was not punished in the 1940’s as it was in the early 21st century. In 1936 most Americans were not sure we would ever have an economic recovery even though things were getting a little better. It would certainly take over a decade. In reality it took 20 years and a major war. In 2012 many thought that it would be more than a decade to make up for all the lost jobs and standard of living for the average person. But no politician, much less anyone in the administration would ever admit that or even say we had “failed” when that generation of politicians, business and labor leaders surely did.
Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, First Lady (Franklin Delano Roosevelt), U. S. Delegate to the United Nations, Column, My Day, November 21,1936
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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.
