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I
am opposed to women voting as men vote. I call it immoral, because I think
the bringing of one's women, one's mothers and sisters and wives, into
the political arena disturbs the relations between the sexes.
Hilaire
Belloc (1870-1953)
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The
grant of the Parliamentary franchise to women in this country would be
a political mistake of a very disastrous kind.
H.
H. Asquith (1851-1928)
Speech
at 10 Downing St as Prime Minister
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Sensible
and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be
assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilisation were assigned
long ago by a higher intelligence than ours.
Stephen
Grover Cleveland (1837-1908)
(President
of U.S.A.)
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Give
women the vote, and in five years there will be a crushing tax on bachelors.
George
Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Preface
to Man and Superman
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If
all women were enfranchised they would at once swamp the votes of men.
Samuel
Evans (M.P. for Glamorgan)
House
of Commons 1906
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Again,
if women are suitable for votes, it is impossible to show a single reason
why they should not also become Members of Parliament, Cabinet Ministers,
Ambassadors, Judges, or indeed, anything else, unless you draw the line
at soldiers or sailors.
I,
for one, oppose any such revolutionary change of this startling character
or a social departure resulting in dangers which no one can foresee.
Earl
Loreburn (Lord Chancellor) (1846-1913)
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The
appointment of a woman to office is an innovation for which the public
is not prepared. Nor am I.
Thomas
Jefferson (1743-1816)
Letter
to Albert Gallatin
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Winston
Churchill... found a woman's intrusion into the House of Commons as embarrassing
as if she had burst upon him in his bathroom when he had nothing to defend
himself with but a sponge.
Pamela
Brookes
Women
at Westminster 1967
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Life
in the House [of Commons] is neither healthy, useful nor appropriate for
a woman, and the functions of a mother and a member are not compatible.
Margot
Asquith (1864-1945)
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A
woman in the House of Commons is a contradiction in terms.
Enoch
Powell M.P. (1912-1998)
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Most
women are mothers, naturally endowed as the best homemakers, and better
fitted than men to look after children.
Ivor
Stanbrook M.P.
House
of Commons 1975
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