Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
… some of us even think it is fair to expect a few people to pay more than they need to pay for a given commodity in order that a greater number of people may receive that commodity at a lower price to all.
That philosophy became embedded in most of our utilities and necessary services. With electricity, the people who live in dense population clusters pay more so that rural residents can obtain electricity at reasonable prices. Internet, cable TV, and telephone are similar. In pharmaceuticals, Americans pay much higher rates while 3rd world countries pay less than their share. The communities who invested in water infrastructure early are today subsidizing those communities who invested little. And people who live in areas of easy water availability subsidize people in the areas where they have abused their water resources or had few to begin with. People who live in safe areas subsidize people who choose to live in flood planes or box canyons susceptible to fires by paying more for insurance so the people in high risk areas can obtain affordable insurance.
Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, First Lady (Franklin Delano Roosevelt), U. S. Delegate to the United Nations, Column, My Day, August 22,1936
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If I had the power I would steal all your royal wealth and give it to Christ’s brothers and sisters.
Her monasteries were organized into male and female sections with monks and nuns respectively—a complete gender reversal of control of religious institutions of the Catholic Church where until modern times females were subservient to males. Remarkably, Brigid controlled both as there was no abbot. She heard confessions, ordained clergy, and may have even celebrated mass. Her first biographer claimed that she had been consecrated a bishop. Bishops were occasionally elected by the people. Brigid was one of the first political advocates of redistribution of wealth.
This is a very interesting quotation in that right wing parties are usually opposed to any kind of Government ownership and control of business and industry. However, Fascist parties have usually wanted to commandeer business and industry for the central purposes of the dictatorial state. The French National Front Party had its roots in the WWII French Vichy Government—which was allied with the Nazis to bring Fascism and racism to France.
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.
