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There never has been security. No man has ever known what he would meet around the next corner; if life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.

— Eleanor Roosevelt Tomorrow Is Now (1963)

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When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?

It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.

My Day (1935)

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.

You Learn by Living (1960)

This is a time for action — not for war, but for mobilization of every bit of peace machinery.

My Day (1935)

In the long run there is no more exhilarating experience than to determine one's position, state it bravely and then act boldly.

Tomorrow Is Now (1963)

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