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Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or as a whole by experiment based on common sense and carried out with courage.

~Frances Perkins

Topics: Based Been Carried Common Common Sense Courage Either Experiment History Long Long History Man Met Most Out Planet Problems Race Sense Solved Whole

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To one who believes that really good industrial conditions are the hope for a machine civilization, nothing is more heartening than to watch conference methods and education replacing police methods.

~Frances Perkins

Topics: Believes Civilization Conditions Conference Education Good Hope Industrial Machine Methods More Nothing Police Really Replacing Than Watch Who

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Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees.

~Frances Perkins

Topics: Being Bothered Climbing Me Only Trees Woman

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The quality of his being one with the people, of having no artificial or natural barriers between him and them, made it possible for him to be a leader without ever being or thinking of being a dictator.

~Frances Perkins

Topics: Artificial Barriers Being Between Dictator Ever Having Him His Leader Made Natural People Possible Quality Them Thinking Without

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The door might not be opened to a woman again for a long, long time, and I had a kind of duty to other women to walk in and sit down on the chair that was offered, and so establish the right of others long hence and far distant in geography to sit in the high seats.

~Frances Perkins

Topics: Again Chair Distant Door Down Duty Establish Far Geography Had Hence High Kind Long Long Time Might Offered Opened Other Others Right Seats Sit Time Walk Woman Women

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In America, public opinion is the leader.

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Topics: America Leader Opinion Public Public Opinion

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But with the slow menace of a glacier, depression came on. No one had any measure of its progress; no one had any plan for stopping it. Everyone tried to get out of its way.

~Frances Perkins

Topics: Any Came Depression Everyone Get Glacier Had Measure Menace Out Plan Progress Slow Stopping Tried Way

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: April 10th, 1882

Died: May 14th, 1965

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