The 47+ Emmeline Pankhurst Quotes

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 For The Meeting, And I Begged Her To Let Me Go Along.

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 Any Suffragist, And It Is Most Certainly Not True Of Me. My Home Life And Relations Have Been As Nearly Ideal As Possible In This Imperfect World.

Every Principle Of Liberty Enunciated In Any Civilised Country On Earth, With Very Few Exceptions, Was Intended Entirely For Men, And When Women Tried To Force The Putting Into Practice Of These Principles, For Women, Then They Discovered They Had Come Into A Very, Very Unpleasant Situation Indeed.

Our Sons And Daughters Must Be Trained In National Service, Taught To Give As Well As To Receive.

What Is The Use Of Fighting For The Vote If We Do Not Have A Country To Vote In? With That Patriotism That Has Nerved Women To Endure Torture In Prison For The National Good, We Ardently Desire That Our Country Shall Be Victorious.

My Childhood Was Protected By Love And A Comfortable Home. Yet, While Still A Very Young Child, I Began Instinctively To Feel That There Was Something Lacking, Even In My Own Home, Some False Conception Of Family Relations, Some Incomplete Ideal.

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.

I Have Never Advised The Destruction Of Life, But Of Property, Yes.

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 Movements Of Their Time. I Am Glad And Thankful That This Was My Case.

I Thought I Had Been A Suffragist Before I Became A Poor Law Guardian, But Now I Began To Think About The Vote In Women's Hands Not Only As A Right But As A Desperate Necessity.

I Have Made Speeches Urging Women To Adopt Methods Of Rebellion Such As Have Been Adopted By Men In Every Revolution.

...the Way To Reform Has Always Led Through Prison.