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> [I can never feel that setting fire to houses and churches and litter boxes and destroying valuable pictures really helps to convince people that women ought to be enfranchised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millicent-fawcett/i-can-never-feel-that-setting-fire-to-houses-and-churches-and-litter/)

[Millicent Fawcett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millicent-fawcett/)

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## More by Millicent Fawcett

> [What draws men and women together is stronger than the brutality and tyranny which drive them apart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millicent-fawcett/what-draws-men-and-women-together-is-stronger-than-the-brutality-and/)

[Millicent Fawcett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millicent-fawcett/)

> [There are many excuses for the person who made the mistake of confounding money and wealth. Like many others they mistook the sign for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millicent-fawcett/there-are-many-excuses-for-the-person-who-made-the-mistake-of/)

[Millicent Fawcett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millicent-fawcett/)

> [There is little doubt that the majority of Mr. Mills supporters in 1865 did not know what his political opinions were, and that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millicent-fawcett/there-is-little-doubt-that-the-majority-of-mr-mills-supporters-in/)

[Millicent Fawcett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millicent-fawcett/)

> [It is almost impossible to imagine that any one could be so insensible to the high morality of Mr. Mill's character as to suggest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millicent-fawcett/it-is-almost-impossible-to-imagine-that-any-one-could-be-so/)

[Millicent Fawcett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millicent-fawcett/)

> [I can honestly say that if I was told at this moment that I was dying, not my first, not my second, but certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millicent-fawcett/i-can-honestly-say-that-if-i-was-told-at-this-moment-that-i-was-dying/)

[Millicent Fawcett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millicent-fawcett/)

> [No circumstance would prevent over-population so effectually as a general raising of the customary standard of comfort among the poorer classes. If they had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millicent-fawcett/no-circumstance-would-prevent-over-population-so-effectually-as-a/)

[Millicent Fawcett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millicent-fawcett/)

> [Courage calls to courage everywhere, and its voice cannot be denied.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millicent-fawcett/courage-calls-to-courage-everywhere-and-its-voice-cannot-be-denied/)

[Millicent Fawcett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millicent-fawcett/)

> [What he has done for women is final: he gave to their service the best powers of his mind and the best years of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millicent-fawcett/what-he-has-done-for-women-is-final-he-gave-to-their-service-the-best/)

[Millicent Fawcett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millicent-fawcett/)

> [If, however, the success of a politician is to be measured by the degree in which he is able personally to influence the course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millicent-fawcett/if-however-the-success-of-a-politician-is-to-be-measured-by-the/)

[Millicent Fawcett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millicent-fawcett/)

> [Every one must be familiar with the often expressed opinion, that, as a practical politician, Mr. Mill's career was essentially a failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millicent-fawcett/every-one-must-be-familiar-with-the-often-expressed-opinion-that-as-a/)

[Millicent Fawcett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millicent-fawcett/)

> [The assertion of failure coming from such persons does not mean that Mr. Mill failed to promote the practical success of those objects the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millicent-fawcett/the-assertion-of-failure-coming-from-such-persons-does-not-mean-that/)

[Millicent Fawcett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millicent-fawcett/)

> [A large part of the present anxiety to improve the education of girls and women is also due to the conviction that the political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millicent-fawcett/a-large-part-of-the-present-anxiety-to-improve-the-education-of-girls/)

[Millicent Fawcett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millicent-fawcett/)

> [Just as radical heirs apparent are said to lay aside all inconvenient revolutionary opinions when they come to the throne, it was believed that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millicent-fawcett/just-as-radical-heirs-apparent-are-said-to-lay-aside-all-inconvenient/)

[Millicent Fawcett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millicent-fawcett/)

> [A demand for commodities is not a demand for labor. The demand for labor is determined by the amount of capital directly devoted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millicent-fawcett/a-demand-for-commodities-is-not-a-demand-for-labor-the-demand-for/)

[Millicent Fawcett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millicent-fawcett/)

> [capital is the result of saving, and not of spending. The spendthrift who wastes his substance in riotous living decreases the capital of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millicent-fawcett/capital-is-the-result-of-saving-and-not-of-spending-the-spendthrift/)

[Millicent Fawcett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millicent-fawcett/)

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