Any change in customs ... takes generations to accomplish, and must come about by general consent. Even a superficial study of sociology shows the futility of past efforts to make a lasting change in manners by an act of will or authority.
Millicent FenwickParty organization matters. When the door of a smoke-filled room is closed, there's hardly ever a woman inside.
Millicent FenwickThe curious fascination in this job [U.S. representative] is the illusion that either you are being useful or you could be -- and that's so tempting.
Millicent FenwickThe money that is spent in elections is absolutely unconscionable - even if it's private money. It's true that one's not corrupted by the expenditure of one's own money, but to some extent the system is. We cannot have a system in which the only people you can count on for a vote that doesn't look as though it might be a vote for a special-interest group are people with enormous fortunes.
Millicent Fenwick