Nellie L. McClung Quotes

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

“By nice women . . . you probably mean selfish women who have no more thought for the underprivileged overworked women than a pussycat in a sunny window for the starving kitten in the street. Now in that sense I am not a nice woman for I do care.”

“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.”

“Women who set a low value on themselves make life hard for all women.”

“Chivalry is a poor substitute for justice if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on cake sweet but not nourishing.”

“Never retract never explain never apologize - get the thing done and let them howl.”

“This proves what a purifying effect women would have on politics.”

“I was planning a death, not a burglary, but in many ways that just made it easier. Taking a life was, in my experience, a damned sight less complicated than taking jewels from a hidden strongbox.”

“Never explain, never retract, never apologize. Just get the thing done and let them howl.”

“Our heroes are over there where the white crosses are. We're survivors over here. None of us are heroes. I don't think you'll talk to a man who say we are. You figure a hero is someone who does above and beyond the call of duty, and when you give your life that's as above and beyond as you can get- Earl McClung.”