Jessica Mitford Quotes

United Kingdom, Author
September 11, 1917 – July, 22, 1996.

Jessica Lucy 'Decca' Freeman-Mitford (11 September 1917 – 22 July 1996) was an English author, journalist, civil rights activist and political campaigner, and was one of the Mitford sisters.

Also known as Journalist, Activist

You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.

Jessica Mitford
- World
- May
- Guilty
Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.'

Jessica Mitford
- People
- America

Gracious dying is a huge, macabre and expensive joke on the American public.

Jessica Mitford
- American
- Dying
I have nothing against undertakers personally. It's just that I wouldn't want one to bury my sister.

Jessica Mitford
- Sister
One's emotions are intensified in Paris—one can be more happy and also more unhappy here than in any other place. But it is always a positive source of joy to live here, and there is nobody so miserable as a Parisian in exile from his town.

Jessica Mitford
- Happy
- Joy
- Emotions