a society in which there is widespread economic insecurity can turn freedom into a barren and vapid right for millions of people.
Eleanor RooseveltAbility is not something to be saved, like money, in the hope that you can draw interest on it. The interest comes from the spending. Unused ability, like unused muscles, will atrophy. It is tragic to realize that the majority of human beings, even the so-called educated, call upon only the smallest fraction of their potential capacity. They leave many talents dormant. They fail to develop their mental qualities. They are almost unaware of the degree of energy upon which they might call to build a full and rewarding life.
Eleanor RooseveltYou never have a normal family relationship in the White House; it's an impossible thing to have. You live in a goldfish bubble, and you snatch what you can for a personal life, but you never have a normal, natural existence.
Eleanor RooseveltWhen will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
Eleanor Roosevelt