Emily Murphy Quotes

Whenever I don’t know whether to fight or not, I fight.

The world loves a peaceful man, but it gives way to a strenuous kicker.

Nothing ever happens by chance; everything is pushed from behind.

This is courtship all the world over – the man all tongue; the woman all ears.

I think women can save civilization.

I believe that never was a country better adapted to produce a great race of women than this Canada of ours, nor a race of women better adapted to make a great country.

On the prairie one can see the colour of the air.

Matrimony is the only game of chance the clergy favor.

We want women leaders today as never before. Leaders who are not afraid to be called names and who are willing to go out and fight. I think women can save civilization. Women are persons.