Quotes from Nellie McClung

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

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.

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.