Emily Murphy Quotes

Canada, Activist
March 14, 1868 – October, 27, 1933.

Emily Murphy (born Emily Gowan Ferguson; 14 March 1868 – 27 October 1933) was a Canadian women's rights activist, jurist, and author. In 1916, she became the first female magistrate in Canada, and in the British Empire. She is best known for her contributions to Canadian feminism, specifically to the question of whether women were "persons" under Canadian law.

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

Emily Murphy
- Chance
- Happens
- Behinds
Whenever I don’t know whether to fight or not, I fight.

Emily Murphy
- Fighting
- Knows

I think women can save civilization.

Emily Murphy
- Thinking
- Women
- Woman
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.

Emily Murphy
- Thinking
- Women
- Today
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.

Emily Murphy
- Great
- Believe
- Women
The world loves a peaceful man, but it gives way to a strenuous kicker.

Emily Murphy
- World
- Men
- Giving
Matrimony is the only game of chance the clergy favor.

Emily Murphy
- Game
- Chance
- Games
This is courtship all the world over - the man all tongue; the woman all ears.

Emily Murphy
- World

No woman can become or remain degraded without all women suffering.

Emily Murphy
- Women
- Suffering
On the prairie one can see the colour of the air.

Emily Murphy
- Air
- Colour
- Prairie
It is claimed, but with what truth we cannot say, that there is a well-defined propaganda among the aliens of colour to bring about the degeneration of the white race.

Emily Murphy
- Truth