721 Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt

The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.

I found that almost everyone had something interesting to contribute to my education.

Sailors have the cleanest bodies and the filthiest minds.

When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact remains that people fight these wars.

I have always seen life personally; my interest or sympathy or indignation is not aroused by an abstract cause but by the plight of a single person...Out of my response to an individual develops an awareness of a problem to the community, then to the country, then to the world.

I do not want church groups controlling the schools of our country. They must remain free.

Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind, that is the approval by the General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The morality of a [political] party must grow out of the conscience and the participation of the voters.