Eleanor Roosevelt

"This freedom of which men speak, for which they fight, seems to some people a perilous thing. It has to be earned at a bitter cost and then — it has to be lived with. For freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility."

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Source: Eleanor Roosevelt (1960). “You Learn by Living”, p.152, Westminster John Knox Press

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Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

Political Activist, Diplomat

Eleanor Roosevelt was a prominent political figure and activist, known for her role in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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