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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

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Agnes Macphail
Age: 63 †
Born: 1890
Born: March 24
Died: 1954
Died: February 13
Politician
Cleveland
Ohio
Agnes Campbell Macphail
Women
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Believe
Years
Dirt
Offered
Spite
Office
Public

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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 better.
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Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.
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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 to senate.
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The way to get things out of a government is to back them to the wall, put your hands to their throats, and you will get all they have.
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We meet all life's greatest tests alone.
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I suggest that there is a splendid way out of the difficulty of marriage, and that is my way - stay out.
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It is a fact that all women contribute more to marriage than men for the most part they have to change their place of living, their method of work, a great many women today changing their occupation entirely on marriage and they must even change their name.
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