Agnes Macphail quotes

Agnes Macphail quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“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

#Country Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Dying Quotes
“I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality.”
-- Agnes Macphail

#Equality Quotes #Want Quotes
“Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.”
-- Agnes Macphail

#Life Quotes #Tests Quotes #Dear God Quotes
“I suggest that there is a splendid way out of the difficulty of marriage, and that is my way - stay out.”
-- Agnes Macphail

#Marriage Quotes #Way Quotes #Splendid Quotes
“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

#Home Quotes #Angel Quotes #Men Quotes
“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

#Jobs Quotes #Dirty Quotes #Men Quotes
“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

#Wall Quotes #Government Quotes #Hands Quotes
“I believe the preservation of the home in the future lies almost entirely in the hands of men.”
-- Agnes Macphail

#Lying Quotes #Believe Quotes #Home Quotes
“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

#Men Quotes #Names Quotes #Occupation Quotes
“We meet all life's greatest tests alone.”
-- Agnes Macphail

#Tests 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.”
-- Agnes Macphail

#Believe Quotes #Years Quotes #Office Quotes
“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

#Men Quotes #Feet Quotes #House Quotes
“If the preservation of the home means the enslavement of women, economically or morally, then we had better break it.”
-- Agnes Macphail

#Home Quotes #Mean Quotes #Break Quotes

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