Quotes of: Eleanor-roosevelt Keyword

The paramount destiny and mission of woman is to fulfill the noble and benign offices of wife and mother. That is the law of the Creator.

Joseph P. Bradley

I've never sought elected office since I was a senior class president in high school.

Jeffrey Chiesa

To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed.

John Henrik Clarke

I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states.

John Henrik Clarke

An opening statement is like a guide or a road map. It's a very delicate thing.

Johnnie Cochran

If you haven't met Kenny (Young) you have not seen how the spirit of Boston can be embodied by one single man.

David McCullough

The study of history is an antidote to the hubris of the present – the idea that everything we have, everything we do and everything we think is the ultimate, the best.

David McCullough

In 1972 I married again, to Elisabeth Case; she continues to be wife, companion, critic and editor: a partner in the projects and programs that we undertake.

Douglass North

My grandma forbid us from describing ourselves as poor. She said, 'we're broke.' Because broke is temporary.

Deval Patrick

Federal program and services outlay in Puerto Rico is approximately $10 billion per year.

Dick Thornburgh

During most of the Bush administration, human rights and democracy in Egypt were on the front burner.

Elliott Abrams

Gadhafi's vicious regime has left Libya far worse than he found it on the day of his coup in 1969.

Elliott Abrams

Pundits are used to analyzing the gap between what our ideals suggest and what our security interests require.

Elliott Abrams

Olmert made a proposal on the governing of Jerusalem that I do not believe his cabinet or the Knesset would have accepted.

Elliott Abrams

In the Philippines, Gloria Arroyo is the daughter of Diosdado Macapagal - but his term ended in 1965, and she was elected in 2001. Hardly a hand-off.

Elliott Abrams

Liberals believe that they can't get a fair shake from the media anymore.

Eric Alterman

My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.

Elizabeth Edwards

I think being an effective First Lady is first of all being the partner that your husband needs.

Elizabeth Edwards

New York felt to me like what America should be - a representation of the world in this small pocket.

Eddie Huang

Theatre is about people, not buildings. Incalculable damage has been done to the expert talent a company needs - from wardrobe to lighting technicians.

Edward Hall

The inability to pass reasonable gun safety laws after the Newtown massacre is something that weighs heavily on my mind.

Eric Holder