Clare Boothe Luce

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

— Clare Boothe Luce

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

— Clare Boothe Luce

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

— Clare Boothe Luce

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

— Clare Boothe Luce

“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.'”

— Clare Boothe Luce

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

— Clare Boothe Luce

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

— Clare Boothe Luce

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

— Clare Boothe Luce

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

— Clare Boothe Luce

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

— Clare Boothe Luce

“No good deed goes unpunished.”

— Clare Boothe Luce

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

— Clare Boothe Luce