My Day (1935–1962)
Kontext: I have waited a while before saying anything about the Un-American Activities Committee's current investigation of the Hollywood film industry. I would not be very much surprised if some writers or actors or stagehands, or what not, were found to have Communist leanings, but I was surprised to find that, at the start of the inquiry, some of the big producers were so chicken-hearted about speaking up for the freedom of their industry.
One thing is sure — none of the arts flourishes on censorship and repression. And by this time it should be evident that the American public is capable of doing its own censoring. Certainly, the Thomas Committee is growing more ludicrous daily. (29 October 1947)
Eleanor Roosevelt: Citáty anglicky (strana 4)
Eleanor Roosevelt byla manželka Franklina Delano Roosevelta a první dáma Spojených států. Citáty anglicky.
My Day (1935–1962)
Kontext: We should begin in our own environment and in our own community as far as possible to build a peace-loving attitude and learn to discipline ourselves to accept, in the small things of our lives, mediation and arbitration. As individuals, there is little that any of us can do to prevent an accidental use of bombs in the hands of those who already have them. We can register, however, with our government a firm protest against granting the knowledge and the use of these weapons to those who do not now have them. (20 December 1961)
Zdroj: The Wisdom of Eleanor Roosevelt
Zdroj: letter to Harry Truman, 22 March 1948
As quoted in "On The Universal Declaration of Human Rights" by Hillary Rodham Clinton in Issues of Democracy Vol. 3, No. 3 (October 1998), p. 11
From article "In Defense of Curiosity" appearing in The Saturday Evening Post 208 (August 24, 1935); 8-9, 64-66. As cited in What I Hope to Leave Behind, The Essential Essays of Eleanor Roosevelt Edited by Alida M. Black, p 20.
As quoted in Todays Health (October 1966)
“I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.”
As quoted in Peter's Quotations : Ideas for Our Time (1972) by Laurence J. Peter, p. 5
“It's your life-but only if you make it so.”
Zdroj: You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
“One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.”
Foreword (January 1960)
You Learn by Living (1960)
Kontext: One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In stopping to think through the meaning of what I have learned, there is much that I believe intensely, much I am unsure of. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
Voice of America broadcast (11 November 1951)
Zdroj: You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
“When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.”
As quoted in Eleanor : The Years Alone (1972) by Joseph P. Lash