Quotes by Clare Boothe Luce

“A woman's best protection is a little money of her own.”

“Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.”

“Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.”

“No good deed goes unpunished.”

“Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.”

“Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there.”

“A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside inside is more often his nursery.”

“The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face.”

“They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.”

“In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected.”

“They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.”

“Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes' They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'”

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