I suggest that there is a splendid way out of the difficulty of marriage, and that is my way – stay out.
AGNES MACPHAILI suggest that there is a splendid way out of the difficulty of marriage, and that is my way – stay out.
More Agnes Macphail Quotes
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When I first came to the House of Commons and walked out into the lobby, men sprang to their feet.
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Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life’s greatest tests alone.
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I asked them to sit down since I’d come to walk around. I didn’t want them doing me favours.
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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.
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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.
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I believe the preservation of the home in the future lies almost entirely in the hands of men.
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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.
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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.
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If the preservation of the home means the enslavement of women, economically or morally, then we had better break it.
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I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality.
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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.
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We meet all life’s greatest tests alone.
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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.
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