Politician Social Democrats

Famous quotes containing the words politician, social and/or democrats:

    “My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.”
    —Bernadette Devlin (b. 1947)

    “That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, merely proves that they are the unreflecting slaves of custom.”
    —Lydia M. Child (1802–1880)

    “In all history no class has been enfranchised without some selfish motive underlying. If to-day we could prove to Republicans or Democrats that every woman would vote for their party, we should be enfranchised.”
    —Carrie Chapman Catt (1859–1947)