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> [My mind shrank from the menace sweeping down on us, as children's do from belief in death and misfortune, vainly clinging to the fancy that great disasters only happen to other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-pankhurst/my-mind-shrank-from-the-menace-sweeping-down-on-us-as-children-s-do/)

[Sylvia Pankhurst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-pankhurst/)

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## More by Sylvia Pankhurst

> [My mind shrank from the menace sweeping down on us, as children's do from belief in death and misfortune, vainly clinging to the fancy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-pankhurst/my-mind-shrank-from-the-menace-sweeping-down-on-us-as-children-s-do/)

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> [I know we will create a society where there are no rich or poor, no people without work or beauty in their lives, where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-pankhurst/i-know-we-will-create-a-society-where-there-are-no-rich-or-poor-no/)

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> [I am going to fight capitalism even if it kills me. It is wrong that people like you should be comfortable and well fed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-pankhurst/i-am-going-to-fight-capitalism-even-if-it-kills-me-it-is-wrong-that/)

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> [ \[On Venice:\] A wondrous city of fairest carving, reflected in gleaming waters swirled to new patterning by every passing gondola. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-pankhurst/on-venice-a-wondrous-city-of-fairest-carving-reflected-in-gleaming/)

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> [The words Socialism and Communism have the same meaning. They indicate a condition of society in which the wealth of the community: the land…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-pankhurst/the-words-socialism-and-communism-have-the-same-meaning-they-indicate/)

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> [Love and freedom are vital to the creation and upbringing of a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-pankhurst/love-and-freedom-are-vital-to-the-creation-and-upbringing-of-a-child/)

[Sylvia Pankhurst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-pankhurst/)

> [We do not make beams from the hollow, decaying trunk of the fallen oak. We use the upsoaring tree in the full vigor of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-pankhurst/we-do-not-make-beams-from-the-hollow-decaying-trunk-of-the-fallen-oak/)

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> [The profound divergences of opinion on war and peace had been shown to know no sex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-pankhurst/the-profound-divergences-of-opinion-on-war-and-peace-had-been-shown/)

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> [The emancipation of today displays itself mainly in cigarettes and shorts... painted lips and nails, and the return of trailing skirts and other absurdities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-pankhurst/the-emancipation-of-today-displays-itself-mainly-in-cigarettes-and/)

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> [My belief in the growth and permanence of democracy is undimmed. I know that the people will cast off the new dictatorship as they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-pankhurst/my-belief-in-the-growth-and-permanence-of-democracy-is-undimmed-i/)

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> [ . . . the fact that \[English\] has shed most of the old grammatical forms which time has rendered useless and scarcely intelligible, has… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-pankhurst/the-fact-that-english-has-shed-most-of-the-old-grammatical-forms/)

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