"I don't know much about Capitalism, but..." - Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt

“Life was meant to be lived.”

“If we fail to meet our problems here, no one else in the world will do so. If we fail, the heart goes out of progressives throughout the world.”

“Courage is exhilarating.”

“That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door. That we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe or hearing a sudden knock on the door. That we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution, and that our votes will be counted.”

“The majority of South Africans, black and white, recognize that apartheid has no future. It has to be ended by our own decisive mass action in order to build peace and security. The mass campaign of defiance and other actions of our organization and people can only culminate in the establishment of democracy.”

“Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.”

“No longer virtuous no longer free; is a Maxim as true with regard to a private Person as a Common-wealth.”

“Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them.”

“Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.”