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He didn’t like concentrated responsibility. Agreement with other people who he thought were good, right minded, and trying to do the right thing by the world was almost as necessary to him as air to breathe.

— Frances Perkins The Roosevelt I Knew (1946)

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Who is that tall, thin young man with the pince-nez, who seems constantly to be looking down his nose at people?

Madame Secretary: Frances Perkins (1970)

I thought witch-hunting was a thing of the past, but that's what this 'red-baiting' immigration squad is doing. They see communists behind every foreign name.

Madame Secretary: Frances Perkins (1970)

From this day forward, I will be a Doer of the Word and not as Hearer only, whenever and wherever I see the need.

Madame Secretary: Frances Perkins (1970)

The day I need an armed bodyguard is the day I admit my job's too much for a woman.

Madame Secretary: Frances Perkins (1970)

Organized labor has always had one of its own people as Secretary and will expect to continue to have. I do not qualify.

Madame Secretary: Frances Perkins (1970)

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