The militancy of men, through all the centuries, has drenched the world with blood, and for these deeds of horror and destruction men have been rewarded with monuments, with great songs and epics.
It is obvious to you that the struggle will be an unequal one, but I shall make it – I shall make it as long as I have an ounce of strength left in me, or any life left in me.
Every man with a vote was considered a foe to woman suffrage unless he was prepared to be actively a friend.
We have to free half of the human race, the women, so that they can help to free the other half.”~ Emmeline Pankhurst
Justice and judgement lie often a world apart.”~ Emmeline Pankhurst
I had to get a close-hand view of the misery and unhappiness of a man made world, before I reached the point where I could successfully revolt against it.
Better that we should die fighting than be outraged and dishonored. Better to die than to live in slavery.
Better that we should die fighting than be outraged and dishonored. Better to die than to live in slavery.
I have made speeches urging women to adopt methods of rebellion such as have been adopted by men in every revolution.
Men make the moral code and they expect women to accept it. They have decided that it is entirely right and proper for men to fight for their liberties and their rights, but that it is not right and proper for women to fight for theirs.
The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics.
My parents, especially my father, discussed the question of my brothers’ education as a matter of real importance. My education and that of my sister were scarcely discussed at all.
Solitary confinement is too terrible a punishment to inflict on any human being, no matter what his crime. Hardened criminals in the men’s prisons, it is said, often beg for the lash instead.