24 Quotes by Agnes Macphail

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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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    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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    I suggest that there is a splendid way out of the difficulty of marriage, and that is my way – stay out.

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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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    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.

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