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Nellie L. McClung quotes: Prohibition is a hard sounding word, worthless as a rallying cry, hard as a locked door or going to bed without your supper.

Prohibition is a hard sounding word, worthless as a rallying cry, hard as a locked door or going to bed without your supper.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: The horse on the treadmill may be very discontented, but he is not disposed to tell his troubles, for he cannot stop to talk.

The horse on the treadmill may be very discontented, but he is not disposed to tell his troubles, for he cannot stop to talk.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: The average reader can contemplate with considerable fortitude the sorrows and disappointments of someone else.

The average reader can contemplate with considerable fortitude the sorrows and disappointments of someone else.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: Literature may be light as a cobweb, but it must be fastened down to life at the four corners.

Literature may be light as a cobweb, but it must be fastened down to life at the four corners.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: Never explain, never retract, never apologize. Just get the thing done and let them howl.

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

Nellie L. McClung quotes: Have we not the brains to think? Hands to work? Hearts to feel? And lives to live?

Have we not the brains to think? Hands to work? Hearts to feel? And lives to live?

Nellie L. McClung quotes: It is often true that those who sit in the wings can see more than the players.

It is often true that those who sit in the wings can see more than the players.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: Men alone are not capable of making laws for men and women.

Men alone are not capable of making laws for men and women.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: Never complain, never explain, get the thing done and let them howl.

Never complain, never explain, get the thing done and let them howl.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: A wound in a young heart is like a wound in a young tree. It does not grow out. It grows in.

A wound in a young heart is like a wound in a young tree. It does not grow out. It grows in.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: War is a crime committed by men and, therefore, when enough people say it shall not be, it cannot be.

War is a crime committed by men and, therefore, when enough people say it shall not be, it cannot be.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: Canada is destined to be one of the great nations of the world and Canadian women must be ready for citizenship.

Canada is destined to be one of the great nations of the world and Canadian women must be ready for citizenship.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: The grief that can be turned into words soon heals.

The grief that can be turned into words soon heals.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: Chivalry is a poor substitute for justice, if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on the cake, sweet but not nourishing.

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

Nellie L. McClung quotes: Women who set a low value of themselves make life hard for all women.

Women who set a low value of themselves make life hard for all women.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: The middle years of life come on like thunder.

The middle years of life come on like thunder.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: Always in Alberta there is a fresh wind blowing.

Always in Alberta there is a fresh wind blowing.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: Thought without expression is dynamic and gathers volume by repression. Evolution when blocked and suppressed becomes revolution.

Thought without expression is dynamic and gathers volume by repression. Evolution when blocked and suppressed becomes revolution.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: Children are great idealists, until the stupidity of their elders puts out the fires of the aspirations.

Children are great idealists, until the stupidity of their elders puts out the fires of the aspirations.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: Every season of life has its compensations ...

Every season of life has its compensations ...

Nellie L. McClung quotes: Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl.

Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: The good is the greatest rival of the best.

The good is the greatest rival of the best.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: Why are pencils equipped with erasers if not to correct mistakes?

Why are pencils equipped with erasers if not to correct mistakes?

Nellie L. McClung quotes: No nation ever rises higher than its women ...

No nation ever rises higher than its women ...

Nellie L. McClung quotes: That seems to be the haunting fear of mankind - that the advancement of women will sometime, someway, someplace, interfere with some man's comfort.

That seems to be the haunting fear of mankind - that the advancement of women will sometime, someway, someplace, interfere with some man's comfort.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: Chivalry is like a line of credit. You can get plenty of it when you do not need it.

Chivalry is like a line of credit. You can get plenty of it when you do not need it.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: 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.

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.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: I want to leave something behind when I go; some small legacy of truth, some word that will shine in a dark place.

I want to leave something behind when I go; some small legacy of truth, some word that will shine in a dark place.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: Women are going to form a chain, a greater sisterhood than the world has ever known.

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

Nellie L. McClung quotes: I saw what could be done with words, for I had a vision of a new world as I talked.

I saw what could be done with words, for I had a vision of a new world as I talked.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: People must know the past to understand the present, and to face the future;

People must know the past to understand the present, and to face the future;

Nellie L. McClung quotes: Humanity has to travel a hard road to wisdom, and it has to travel it with bleeding feet.

Humanity has to travel a hard road to wisdom, and it has to travel it with bleeding feet.

Nellie L. McClung quotes: It makes a great difference to a speaker whether he has something to say, or has to say something.

It makes a great difference to a speaker whether he has something to say, or has to say something.