The greatest insult came at the marriage ceremony when the minister asked 'who giveth this woman,' and some brother, or father or other man, unblushingly said he did, as though it were entirely a commercial transaction between men. — Nellie L. McClung Copy Share Image
Chivalry is a poor substitute for justice, if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on the cake, sweet but not… — Nellie L. McClung Copy Share Image
War is a crime committed by men and, therefore, when enough people say it shall not be, it cannot be. — Nellie L. McClung Copy Share Image
Humanity has to travel a hard road to wisdom, and it has to travel it with bleeding feet. — Nellie L. McClung Copy Share Image
Disturbers are never popular - nobody ever really loved an alarm clock in action, no matter how grateful he may have been afterwards for… — Nellie L. McClung Copy Share Image
Children are great idealists, until the stupidity of their elders puts out the fires of the aspirations. — Nellie L. McClung Copy Share Image
Women had first to convince the world that they had souls and then that they had minds and then it came on to this… — Nellie L. McClung Copy Share Image
In regard to tenacity of life, no old yellow cat has anything on a prejudice. You may kill it with your own hands, bury… — Nellie L. McClung Copy Share Image
Chivalry is like a line of credit. You can get plenty of it when you do not need it. — Nellie L. McClung Copy Share Image
Literature may be light as a cobweb, but it must be fastened down to life at the four corners. — Nellie L. McClung Copy Share Image
