“There never has been security. No man has ever known what he would meet around the next corner; if life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (verified)
Tomorrow is Now (Primary source)
Roosevelt’s final book, published posthumously in 1963, serving as her manifesto and battle cry for civil rights—a bold call for America to overcome fear, complacency, and national arrogance to embrace true democracy, civil rights, and responsible global leadership.
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“I would have them go back and read Bradford’s reply to the people who hesitated in Holland before risking the great adventure into the unknown of the Plymouth colonists. The answer, of course, is that there never has been safety. There never has been security. No man has ever known what he would meet around the next corner; if life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (verified)
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