"I think I lived those years very impersonally. It was almost as though I had erected someone outside..." — Eleanor Roosevelt

The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.

Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president.

I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.

I do not think that I am a natural born mother... If I ever wanted to mother anyone, it was my father.