For twenty years it had been generally known that an insidious Lobby was maintained in Washington to influence legislation and executive action on behalf of vested interests. ... The lobby was a creature of darkness. It worked behind closed doors… — Margaret Case Harriman Copy Share Image
[On the socialites in New York in the Nineties who devoted themselves to politics, charities, and other volunteer work:] I never knew but one woman who devoted her life exclusively to the social game. She ended her days arranging dinner… — Margaret Case Harriman Copy Share Image
For twenty years it had been generally known that an insidious Lobby was maintained in Washington to influence legislation and executive action on behalf… — Margaret Case Harriman Copy Share Image
Here was a corporation behaving like a monster though the individuals who owned its stock were human cultivated men. A corporation has no soul. — Margaret Case Harriman Copy Share Image
[On women getting the vote:] The newspapers, poor dears, looked of course for something very spectacular. But then newspapers are always apt to be… — Margaret Case Harriman Copy Share Image
I have a very hyper-sensitive sister, and when she saw in the papers the next day that I had proclaimed myself the daughter of… — Margaret Case Harriman Copy Share Image
[On the socialites in New York in the Nineties who devoted themselves to politics, charities, and other volunteer work:] I never knew but one… — Margaret Case Harriman Copy Share Image
We were good reformers, but we weren't good enough. We elected a candidate and then, busy with our own affairs, we left him hanging… — Margaret Case Harriman Copy Share Image
no war really comes unexpectedly. The drums are beating long before a single shot is fired. — Margaret Case Harriman Copy Share Image
There was a time in my life when election year was nothing to me, but in 1912, I joined that great army of Americans… — Margaret Case Harriman Copy Share Image
[On social change:] What I say is that if one country is annexed by another, its nationality is not changed overnight. Social processes are… — Margaret Case Harriman Copy Share Image
Money is what you'd get on beautifully without if only other people weren't so crazy about it. — Margaret Case Harriman Copy Share Image
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