Affair Quote by Margaret Case Harriman
“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 in mid-air. Reformers are such part-time pillars of society!”
“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 in mid-air. Reformers are such part-time pillars of society!”
![“[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)
