...our children must learn...to face full responsibility fo… - Eleanor Roosevelt

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...our children must learn...to face full responsibility for their actions, to make their own choices and cope with the results...the whole democratic system...depends upon it. For our system is founded on self-government, which is untenable if the individuals who make up the system are unable to govern themselves.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (11 October 1884 – 7 November 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, social activist. and first lady (as the wife of US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt).

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Alternative Names: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt • First Lady of the world • Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt • Elaenore Roosevelt • Anna Roosevelt

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