Army Quote by Margaret Case Harriman
“There was a time in my life when election year was nothing to me, but in 1912, I joined that great army of Americans who drop a stitch in their routine every four years, and give themselves up to backing first a candidate for the nomination and afterwards a nominee.”
![“[On women getting the vote:] The newspapers, poor dears, looked of course for something very spectacular. But then newspapers are always apt to be more interested in phenomena like meteors than in the slow growth of a mighty tree. Wait ten years, and the politicians will one day wake up and say…” quote by Margaret Case Harriman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e2e/margaret-case-harriman-41069_courses_on-women-getting-the-vote-the-newspapers_706739.jpg)
![“[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 parties with paper dolls, a breakdown pitiful to watch.” quote by Margaret Case Harriman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/318/margaret-case-harriman-41069_arranging_on-the-socialites-in-new-york-in-the-nin_2110578.jpg)
![“[On social change:] What I say is that if one country is annexed by another, its nationality is not changed overnight. Social processes are often very, very slow.” quote by Margaret Case Harriman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3c8/margaret-case-harriman-41069_change_on-social-change-what-i-say-is-that-if-o_3004968.jpg)
![“I can't imagine that I would be asked that by the president-elect [Donald Trump], or then-president [Barack Obama]. But it's - I'm very clear. I voted for the change that put the Army Field Manual in place as a member of Congress. I understand that law very, very quickly and am also deeply aware…” quote by James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/761/james-mattis-9515_army_i-can-t-imagine-that-i-would-be-asked-th_3990.jpg)
