Born to Rebel Quotes

“She was never neutral, but she could be tolerant, although it was hard work - never a tolerance of indifference.”
― Mary Allsebrook, Born to Rebel: The Life of Harriet Boyd Hawes

“She liked to be in the thick of things and did not delegate easily, except where domestic chores were concerned.”
― Mary Allsebrook, Born to Rebel: The Life of Harriet Boyd Hawes

“Many thanks for your good wishes. The fact is, however, that I have not been ill except a two days attack of indigestion and subsequent fatigue, from which I am quite recovered. It is less easy to recover from a serious attack of indignation.”
― Harriet Boyd Hawes, Born to Rebel: The Life of Harriet Boyd Hawes

“Prayer cannot be a substitution for action.”
― Mary Allsebrook, Born to Rebel: The Life of Harriet Boyd Hawes

“[The tamed squirrels] made jolly companions but became very annoyed with her if she read too long; one would climb onto her shoulder, down her arm and sit on the page of her book 'with bushy tail outspread'.”
― Mary Allsebrook, Born to Rebel: The Life of Harriet Boyd Hawes

“Most men in the ward were now convalescing. To her, "each day the nurse's duties became lighter and therefore more irksome.”
― Mary Allsebrook, Born to Rebel: The Life of Harriet Boyd Hawes

“Greeks are born talkers," wrote Harriet. The deputies were no exception, with or without their twirling conversation beads. They seldom used notes, at times she wished they had; a few facts and figures would have been a relief from the sweeping statements.”
― Mary Allsebrook, Born to Rebel: The Life of Harriet Boyd Hawes

“The gallant captain vacated his cabin for her, and Manna changed her role from cook to chaperone. All most correct. But it was hardly the done thing to cadge a lift on a torpedo boat. Yet she did it twice in a lifetime.”
― Mary Allsebrook, Born to Rebel: The Life of Harriet Boyd Hawes

“Of valid economics pre-dating the Power Age (steam and electricity), there remains not a vestige. Of valid economics pre-dating the intensive and extensive use of electricity there will soon exist only rags and tatters. We still have to thank Adam Smith for insisting 'Consumption is the sole end and purpose of production;' but the old form of the law of demand and supply is outmoded, since supply has become practically inexhaustible.”
― Harriet Boyd Hawes, Born to Rebel: The Life of Harriet Boyd Hawes

“Why shouldn't two new Justices be appointed each administration? A re-elected President would then have four opportunities to appoint. At the beginning of each administration, the two oldest Justices would automatically hand in their resignations, to take effect at the President's convenience. Thus new blood would be infused into the Court at regular intervals without rancour, and the Court would normally be renewed every 16 years ... Whenever death or retirement occurred, the President would have an extra appointment.”
― Harriet Boyd Hawes, Born to Rebel: The Life of Harriet Boyd Hawes

“No outsider was allowed in the station except wives of the higher officers and a few friends. Where was Harriet in all this excitement? In the station, taking the train with the troops to Piraeus.”
― Mary Allsebrook, Born to Rebel: The Life of Harriet Boyd Hawes