I do not want to be the angel of any home: I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality. After that is secured, then men and women can take turns being angels. — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
I believe the preservation of the home in the future lies almost entirely in the hands of men. — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
If they are willing to give women economic freedom in that home, if they are willing to live by the standard they wish women… — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone. — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my mother that… — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
Never apologize. Never explain. Just get the thing done, and let them howl. — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
Most of the women who have offered themselves for public office over the years have done so, I believe, more because of the 'dirt'… — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
I do not want to be the angel of any home: I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality. After… — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
Patriotism is not dying for one's country, it is living for one's country. And for humanity. Perhaps that is not as romantic, but it's… — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
It is a fact that all women contribute more to marriage than men for the most part they have to change their place of… — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
I suggest that there is a splendid way out of the difficulty of marriage, and that is my way - stay out. — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
When I first came to the House of Commons and walked out into the lobby, men sprang to their feet. I asked them to… — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
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… — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
The way to get things out of a government is to back them to the wall, put your hands to their throats, and you… — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
If the preservation of the home means the enslavement of women, economically or morally, then we had better break it. — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
