Eleanor Roosevelt Quote: Nearly all great civilizations t...

Nearly all great civilizations that perished did so because they had crystallized, because they were incapable of adapting themselves to new conditions, new methods, new points of view. It is as though people would rather die than change.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

- Frank Zappa

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open.

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- Frederick Douglass

You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.

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- Cesar Chavez

Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

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- Emma Goldman

The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.