Quotes by Emmeline Pankhurst

“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.”

“Every man with a vote was considered a foe to woman suffrage unless he was prepared to be actively a friend.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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 not, since time began, fought for their freedom, then it is right for women to fi...”

“I have made speeches urging women to adopt methods of rebellion such as have been adopted by men in every revolution.”

“You must make women count as much as men you must have an equal standard of morals and the only way to enforce that is through giving women political power so that you can get that equal moral stan...”

“Every principle of liberty enunciated in any civilized country on earth, with very few exceptions, was intended entirely for men, and when women tried to force the putting into practice of these pr...”

“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 an...”

“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 good fortune to have parents who take a personal part in the great mo...”

“Trust in God - she will provide.”

“The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics.”

“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 cries lustily, screams and kicks and makes everybody unpleasant unti...”

“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.”

“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 and disappointed beings. This is probably not true of ...”

“Better that we should die fighting than be outraged and dishonored. Better to die than to live in slavery.”

“Justice and judgment lie often a world apart.”