If they are willing to give women economic freedom in that home, if they are willing to live by the standard they wish women to live by, then homes will be preserves. — 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' than in spite of it. — 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
