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I think I have a good deal of my Uncle Theodore in me, because I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on.

— Eleanor Roosevelt The Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed America (2002)

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I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.

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

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

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