I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.

After the discovery in 1918 of love letters revealing that Franklin was involved with Lucy Mercer: The bottom dropped out of my own particular world, I faced myself, my surroundings, my world, honestly for the first time.

Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one.

A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.

Government exists for one purpose: to make things better for all people.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.

Women are like tea bags.They do not know how strong they are until they get into hot water.