Alice Duer Miller Quotes

It is always difficult for a woman to be grateful for a form of chivalry that seems to be based on the premise that she is a moron.

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• When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.

  

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• The constitution is itself the product of the freedom struggle.

  

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• It is always difficult for a woman to be grateful for a form of chivalry that seems to be based on the premise that she is a moron.

  

  Alice Duer Miller
  • She
  • Woman
  • Moron