“If the preservation of the home means the enslavement of women, econom...” — Agnes Macphail Quote

If the preservation of the home means the enslavement of women, economically or morally, then we had better break it.

I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my mother that I stuck it out once I got there.

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.

Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.

Never apologize. Never explain. Just get the thing done, and let them howl.

The populists are right in one key area: voters want jobs and equitable growth, and can hardly be faulted for that. The challenge is to find a more inclusive growth trajectory that can be sustained economically, ecologically, and politically.

Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.

I grew up in this weird, educationally elite but economically impoverished environment. Total 'Oprah' story.

Fears, insecurities, and the need to please can rule our lives. Our society is economically and socially set up for us to live under these pressures in order to maintain its control and survival.