Any change in customs ... takes generations to accomplish, and must come about by general consent. Even a superficial study of sociology shows the futility of past efforts to make a lasting change in manners by an act of will… — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self. — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
In our times, significantly, the three outstanding voices against violence have been silenced by murder - Mahatma Gandhi in India, Archbishop Romero in El Salvador, and Dr. Martin Luther King, here at home. — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share
A code of behavior is an inevitable part of life in any community, and if we hadn't inherited ours, we should have had to… — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
One of the keys to our present definition of good taste is that it is better to be kind than to be 'correct.' There… — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
Women are on the outside when the door to the smoke-filled room is closed. — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
You give bureaucrats power over others, and when the others are poor and helpless, nothing matches government. More than any single exploitive tyrannical force,… — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
You may never reach a solution, but you're never absolved from the responsibility of trying. — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
Influence comes out of the work that you've done and the things you've stood for. Influence and power shouldn't be given to just anybody… — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
There is hardly a facet of life that is now free of some sort of federal action. — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
The essence of good taste is a sense of values, and a sense of values is the pivotal point of good living. — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
