Best Emmeline Pankhurst Quotes
- I have not personally suffered from the deprivations, the bitterness and sorrow which bring so many men and women to a realisation of social injustice. Bitterness
- I was fourteen years old when I went to my first suffrage meeting. Returning from school one day, I met my mother just setting out… Along
- If it is right for men to fight for their freedom, and God knows what the human race would be like today if men had… Bear
- Manchester is a city which has witnessed a great many stirring episodes, especially of a political character. Generally speaking, its citizens have been liberal in… Been
- Often I have heard the taunt that suffragists are women who have failed to find any normal outlet for their emotions, and are therefore soured… Any
- The militancy of men, through all the centuries, has drenched the world with blood. The militancy of women has harmed no human life save the… All
- Those men and women are fortunate who are born at a time when a great struggle for human freedom is in progress. It is an… Added
- Our sons and daughters must be trained in national service, taught to give as well as to receive. Daughter
- Trust in God - she will provide. God
- It is perfectly evident to any logical mind that when you have got the vote, by the proper use of the vote in sufficient numbers,… Any
- I want to say to you who think women cannot succeed, we have brought the government of England to this position, that it has to… Alternative
- One baby is a patient baby, and waits indefinitely until its mother is ready to feed it. The other baby is an impatient baby and… Attended
- When you have warfare, things happen; people suffer; the noncombatants suffer as well as the combatants. And so it happens in civil war. Civil
- Not by the forces of civil war can you govern the very weakest woman. You can kill that woman, but she escapes you then; you… Cannot Govern
- From infancy, I had been accustomed to hear pro and con discussions of slavery and the American Civil War. Although the British government finally decided… Accustomed
- Holloway Prison is a very old place, and it has the disadvantages of old places which have never known enough air and sunshine. It reeks… Air
- The English prison system is altogether mediaeval and outworn. In some of its details, the system has improved since they began to send the Suffragettes… Altogether
- Window-breaking, when Englishmen do it, is regarded as honest expression of political opinion. Window-breaking, when Englishwomen do it, is treated as a crime. Breaking
- We are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become law-makers. Become Law