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32 Inspirational Moments Eleanor Roosevelt Gave the World

Trista February 25, 2019 16 min

Eleanor Roosevelt - Franklin D. Roosevelt

4. “It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.”

Eleanor Roosevelt visiting troops in Galapagos Island. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration/ Wikimedia Commons/ Public Domain.

America stood on the brink of World War II; a war fought against possibly the most racist regimes in history – Nazi Germany and imperial Japan – when racial tensions at home in America were also reaching a fever pitch. Eleanor used her position as the first lady as a platform to denounce racism, notably by defending the African-American singer Marion Anderson.

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4. “It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.”

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