Agnes Macphail Quotes
-
Most of the women who have offered themselves for public office over the years have done so, I believe, more because of the 'dirt' than in spite of it.
→ -
Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.
→ -
The way to get things out of a government is to back them to the wall, put your hands to their throats, and you will get all they have.
→ -
We meet all life's greatest tests alone.
→ -
It is a fact that all women contribute more to marriage than men for the most part they have to change their place of living, their method of work, a great many women today changing their occupation entirely on marriage and they must even change their name.
→ -
Patriotism is not dying for one's country, it is living for one's country. And for humanity. Perhaps that is not as romantic, but it's better.
→ -
I suggest that there is a splendid way out of the difficulty of marriage, and that is my way - stay out.
→ -
If the preservation of the home means the enslavement of women, economically or morally, then we had better break it.
→ -
I believe the preservation of the home in the future lies almost entirely in the hands of men.
→ -
When I first came to the House of Commons and walked out into the lobby, men sprang to their feet. I asked them to sit down since I'd come to walk around. I didn't want them doing me favours.
→ -
Whatever is dirty, it is women's job to clean up, or drive some man to clean up, and that goes for everything from cellar to senate.
→ -
I do not want to be the angel of any home: I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality. After that is secured, then men and women can take turns being angels.
→ -
I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality.
→
Related Authors
-
John Diefenbaker Former Prime Minister of Canada -
J. S. Woodsworth Political leader -
Stephen Harper Prime Minister of Canada -
Norman Bethune Physician -
-
Emily Murphy Activist -
Jean Chretien Former Prime Minister of Canada -
Irene Parlby Activist -
Lester B. Pearson Former Prime Minister of Canada -
Winston Churchill Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom -
John A. Macdonald Former Prime Minister of Canada -
William Lyon Mackenzie King Former Prime Minister of Canada -
Tommy Douglas Politician -
Kim Campbell Former Prime Minister of Canada -
Charlotte Gray Author -
Billy Bishop Flying ace -
Brian Mulroney Former Prime Minister of Canada -
Nellie L. McClung Canadian Politician -
Pierre Trudeau Former Prime Minister of Canada -
Charlotte Whitton Former Mayor of Ottawa