The only thing the women were after was just the chance to help the world on. But some men were so dreadfully afraid of them that they refused to understand, and talked about 'shrieking sisterhoods' and 'disappointed spinsters' and rubbish of that sort.
[After her election to the British Parliament and being welcomed to 'the most exclusive men's club in Europe':] It won't be exclusive long. When I ca… - Nancy Astor
[After her election to the British Parliament and being welcomed to 'the most exclusive men's club in Europe':] It won't be exclusive long. When I ca…
- Nancy Astor
I married beneath me. All women do. - Nancy Astor
I married beneath me. All women do.
The only thing I like about rich people is their money. - Nancy Astor
The only thing I like about rich people is their money.
No one sex can govern alone. I believe that one of the reasons why civilization has failed so lamentably is that is had one-sided government. - Nancy Astor
No one sex can govern alone. I believe that one of the reasons why civilization has failed so lamentably is that is had one-sided government.
I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate. - Nancy Astor
I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.
Women are young at politics, but they are old at suffering; soon they will learn that through politics they can prevent some kinds of suffering. - Nancy Astor
Women are young at politics, but they are old at suffering; soon they will learn that through politics they can prevent some kinds of suffering.
Anyone's blood can become blue for a lump sum down. - Nancy Astor
Anyone's blood can become blue for a lump sum down.
Women have got to make the world safe for men, since men have made it so darned unsafe for women. - Nancy Astor
Women have got to make the world safe for men, since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.
There is no such thing as a strictly woman's problem. Any question affecting the welfare of society is a woman's problem. - Nancy Astor
There is no such thing as a strictly woman's problem. Any question affecting the welfare of society is a woman's problem.
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