Quotes by Agnes Macphail - Page 1

We meet all life's greatest tests alone.
Agnes Macphail / Political Figure
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I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality.
Agnes Macphail / Political Figure
Equality
Women
Empowering Women
Sisterhood
Want
Other
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Never apologize. Never explain. Just get the thing done, and let them howl.
Agnes Macphail / Political Figure
Done
Howl
Just
Thing
Get
Apologize
Never
Them
Explain
Never Explain
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I believe the preservation of the home in the future lies almost entirely in the hands of men.
Agnes Macphail / Political Figure
Home
Believe
Lying
Preservation
Almost
Entirely
Lies
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Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.
Agnes Macphail / Political Figure
Inspirational
Life
Alone
Dear
Dear God
Rely
Tests
Life Human Human Being
Greatest
However
Human Being
Meet
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I suggest that there is a splendid way out of the difficulty of marriage, and that is my way - stay out.
Agnes Macphail / Political Figure
Marriage
Splendid
Way
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If the preservation of the home means the enslavement of women, economically or morally, then we had better break it.
Agnes Macphail / Political Figure
Home
Break
Enslavement
Mean
Preservation
Economically
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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.
Agnes Macphail / Political Figure
Jobs
Men
Clean
Dirty
Senate
Drive
Cellar
Clean Up
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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.
Agnes Macphail / Political Figure
Government
Hands
Wall
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I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my mother that I stuck it out once I got there.
Agnes Macphail / Political Figure
Parliament
Stuck
Elected
First Place
Owed
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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.
Agnes Macphail / Political Figure
Country
Dying
Humanity
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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.
Agnes Macphail / Political Figure
Believe
Dirt
Office
Public Office
Spite
Years
Women Believe I Believe
Offered
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If they are willing to give women economic freedom in that home, if they are willing to live by the standard they wish women to live by, then homes will be preserves.
Agnes Macphail / Political Figure
Economic Freedom
Preserves
Willing
Homes
Standard
To Live By
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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.
Agnes Macphail / Political Figure
Equality
Home
Men
Angel
Men And Women
Secured
Turns
Men Women Home
Absolute
Angels
Women Men Home
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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.
Agnes Macphail / Political Figure
Men
Feet
House
House Of Commons
Since
Asked
Came
Commons
Favours
Walk
Lobby
Sit
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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.
Agnes Macphail / Political Figure
Men
Names
Occupation
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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.
Agnes Macphail / Political Figure
Marriage
Method
Occupation
Change Work Men
Change Work Women
All Women
Contribute
Entirely
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