In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplicati….

Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or ange….

Politicians aren't any more wicked than other citizens but the situation in which they are placed warps their judgment..

The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice - between our aims and what we actually do - creates a moral dry rot which eats away at….

Freedom is not won on the battlefields. The chance for freedom is won there. The final battle is won or lost in our hearts and minds..

Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by how one thinks and acts..

If you tell me that there are obstacles in the way of your ambition that make it impossible to pursue, then I know it's not a real ambition. There ar….

I realized that public affairs were also my affairs. I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, o….

Character isn't inherited..

Such pip-squeaks as Nixon and McCarthy are trying to get us so frightened of Communism that we'll be afraid to turn out the lights at night..

If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains..

I realized that public affairs were also my affairs..

We cannot legislate equality but we can legislate ... equal opportunity for all..

men never would share power with women willingly. If we wanted it, we would have to take it..

I never felt I left the stage..

A vigorous democracy a democracy in which there are freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech would never succ….

The first step toward liberation of any group is to use the power in hand... And the power in hand is the vote..

Democracy cannot long survive when the people permit their lives to be dominated - economically or politically - by a powerful few..

Nothing can be controlled by one country today; nothing..

I know the force women can exert in directing the course of events..

When a marriage works, nothing on earth can take its place.