Millicent Fenwick

Millicent Fenwick (1910-1992), full name Millicent Vernon Hammond Fenwick, was a US fashion editor, politician and diplomat. She was a member of New Jersey Assembly, and member of US House of Representatives from 1975 to 1982.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Good behaviour is everybody's business, and good taste can be everyone's goal.
• In my opinion it is a grave error for women to feel that they must move only in women's interests. ...What, after all, would we think if men all got together and kept doing things that were supposed to be in the interest of men?
• You give bureaucrats power over others, and when the others are poor and helpless, nothing matches government. More than any single exploitive tyrannical force, the possibility of what government can do is absolutely terrifying.
• When you're old, everything you do is sort of miracle.
• Influence comes out of the work that you've done and the things you've stood for. Influence and power shouldn't be given to just anybody who wants them.
• Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.

Diosdado Macapagal