"What is going on in the Un-American Activities Committee worries me primarily because little people have become frightened and we find ourselves living in the atmosphere of a police state, where people close doors before they state what they think or look over their shoulders apprehensively before they express an opinion. I have been one of those who have carried the fight for complete freedom of information in the United Nations. And while accepting the fact that some of our press, our radio commentators, our prominent citizens and our movies may at times be blamed legitimately for things they have said and done, still I feel that the fundamental right of freedom of thought and expression is essential. If you curtail what the other fellow says and does, you curtail what you yourself may say and do. In our country we must trust the people to hear and see both the good and the bad and to choose the good. The Un-American Activities Committee seems to me to be better for a police state than for the USA. (29 October 1947)"
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Columnists from the United StatesWomen academics from the United StatesDiplomats of the United StatesActivists from New York CityUnited States First ladies
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Imported from EN Wikiquote
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Related Quotes
"I doubt, however, if it is good for us to feel assured of this without the accompanying obligation of having to justi…"
"Life is what you make of it. Always has been, always will be."
"Human resources are the most valuable assets the world has. They are all needed desperately."
"I have never felt that anything really mattered but the satisfaction of knowing that you stood for the things in whic…"
"It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself. (15 June 1946)"
"Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give us love and unquesti…"
"Oh! I want to put my arms around you, I ache to hold you close. Your ring is a great comfort. I look at it and think …"
"The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give."
"Do what you feel in your heart to be right — for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be "damned if you do, and damned…"
"The purpose of life...is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for new…"