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Nellie L. McClung Quotes: The economic dependence of women is perhaps the greatest injustice that has been done to us, and has worked the greatest injury to the race.
         

The economic dependence of women is perhaps the greatest injustice that has been done to us, and has worked the greatest injury to the race.


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Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl.

Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl.



I am a believer in women, in their ability to do things and in their influence and power. Women set the standards for the world, and it is for us, women in Canada, to set the standards high.

I am a believer in women, in their ability to do things and in their influence and power. Women set the standards for the world, and it is for us, women in Canada, to set the standards high.



That seems to be the haunting fear of mankind - that the advancement of women will sometime, someway, someplace, interfere with some man's comfort.

That seems to be the haunting fear of mankind - that the advancement of women will sometime, someway, someplace, interfere with some man's comfort.



I want to leave something behind when I go; some small legacy of truth, some word that will shine in a dark place.

I want to leave something behind when I go; some small legacy of truth, some word that will shine in a dark place.



Women had first to convince the world that they had souls and then that they had minds and then it came on to this matter of political entity and the end is not yet.

Women had first to convince the world that they had souls and then that they had minds and then it came on to this matter of political entity and the end is not yet.




Women are going to form a chain, a greater sisterhood than the world has ever known.

Women are going to form a chain, a greater sisterhood than the world has ever known.



Why are pencils equipped with erasers if not to correct mistakes?

Why are pencils equipped with erasers if not to correct mistakes?



No nation ever rises higher than its women.

No nation ever rises higher than its women.



Disturbers are never popular - nobody ever really loved an alarm clock in action, no matter how grateful he may have been afterwards for its kind services!

Disturbers are never popular - nobody ever really loved an alarm clock in action, no matter how grateful he may have been afterwards for its kind services!





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Fiction is as easy as telling a convincing lie. The more believable the better the story.



For thousands of years humans were oppressed - as some of us still are - by the notion that the universe is a marionette whose strings are pulled by a god or gods, unseen and inscrutable.

For thousands of years humans were oppressed - as some of us still are - by the notion that the universe is a marionette whose strings are pulled by a god or gods, unseen and inscrutable.



A brand precedes, parallels, and leaves a path behind. What your brand will say, is saying, and has said matters more the deeper we go into the globalized, digitized, connection economy.

A brand precedes, parallels, and leaves a path behind. What your brand will say, is saying, and has said matters more the deeper we go into the globalized, digitized, connection economy.



It is undoubtedly true, though it may seem paradoxical,--but, in general, those who are habitually employed in finding and displaying faults are unqualified for the work of reformation.

It is undoubtedly true, though it may seem paradoxical,--but, in general, those who are habitually employed in finding and displaying faults are unqualified for the work of reformation.



My idea being that for the sublime and the beautiful and the interesting, you do not have to look far away. You have to know how to see.

My idea being that for the sublime and the beautiful and the interesting, you do not have to look far away. You have to know how to see.



If a body catch a body coming through the rye.

If a body catch a body coming through the rye.



I designed every piece {of furniture} for a different reason and purpose, so I love each one.

I designed every piece {of furniture} for a different reason and purpose, so I love each one.



I was known to spout off about [ politics and religion] sometimes, especially in my drinkin' days! It was pretty dangerous actually.

I was known to spout off about [ politics and religion] sometimes, especially in my drinkin' days! It was pretty dangerous actually.



I can not imagine a God ... made happy by my getting down on my knees and calling him 'great'.

I can not imagine a God ... made happy by my getting down on my knees and calling him 'great'.



You can believe that he was taught to love and respect all mankind - but to fear no man.

You can believe that he was taught to love and respect all mankind - but to fear no man.




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