A demand for commodities is not a demand for labor. The demand for labor is determined by the amount of capital directly devoted to the remuneration of labor: the demand for commodities simply determines in what direction labor shall be… — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
capital is the result of saving, and not of spending. The spendthrift who wastes his substance in riotous living decreases the capital of the country, and therefore the excuse often made for extravagance, that it is good for trade, is… — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
What draws men and women together is stronger than the brutality and tyranny which drive them apart. — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
There are many excuses for the person who made the mistake of confounding money and wealth. Like many others they mistook the sign for… — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
There is little doubt that the majority of Mr. Mills supporters in 1865 did not know what his political opinions were, and that they… — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
It is almost impossible to imagine that any one could be so insensible to the high morality of Mr. Mill's character as to suggest… — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
I can honestly say that if I was told at this moment that I was dying, not my first, not my second, but certainly… — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
No circumstance would prevent over-population so effectually as a general raising of the customary standard of comfort among the poorer classes. If they had… — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
Courage calls to courage everywhere, and its voice cannot be denied. — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
What he has done for women is final: he gave to their service the best powers of his mind and the best years of… — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
If, however, the success of a politician is to be measured by the degree in which he is able personally to influence the course… — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
Every one must be familiar with the often expressed opinion, that, as a practical politician, Mr. Mill's career was essentially a failure. — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
The assertion of failure coming from such persons does not mean that Mr. Mill failed to promote the practical success of those objects the… — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
A large part of the present anxiety to improve the education of girls and women is also due to the conviction that the political… — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
