A trait no other nation seems to possess in quite the same degree as we do namely, a feeling of almost childish injury and resentment unless the world as a whole recognizes how innocent we are of anything but the most generous and harmless intentions

Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?

— Eleanor Roosevelt

No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

I cannot believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war and no one will win the next.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact remains that people fight these wars.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.

— Eleanor Roosevelt