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.

The future is literally in our hands to mold as we like. But we cannot wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow is now.

If man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively.

I have complete faith in the American people's ability if they know and if they have leadership.

The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares.

No, I have never wanted to be a man. I have often wanted to be more effective as a woman, but I have never felt that trousers would do the trick!

We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind. This declaration may well become the international Magna Carta for all men everywhere. We hope its proclamation by the General Assembly will be an event comparable to the proclamation in 1789 [of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man], the adoption of the Bill of Rights by the people of the U.S., and the adoption of comparable declarations at different times in other countries.