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If men will not do us justice, they shall do us violence.

I have never advised the destruction of life, but of property, yes.

Justice and judgement lie often a world apart."
~ Emmeline Pankhurst

Justice and judgment lie often a world apart.

When you have warfare, things happen; people suffer; the noncombatants suffer as well as the combatants. And so it happens in civil war.

The moving spirit of militancy is deep and abiding reverence for human life.

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

I would rather be a rebel than a slave.

Trust in God - she will provide.

Our sons and daughters must be trained in national service, taught to give as well as to receive.

How different the reasoning is that men adopt when they are discussing the cases of men and those of women.

I am what you call a hooligan-

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

I incite this meeting to rebellion.

[To the heckler who said, 'If you were my wife I'd poison you':] No, you wouldn't. I'd do it myself.

The whole argument with the anti-suffragists, or even the critical suffragist man, is this: that you can govern human beings without their consent.

I suppose I had always been an unconscious suffragist. With my temperament and my surroundings, I could scarcely have been otherwise.

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

We are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become law-makers.

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

We have to free half of the human race, the women, so that they can help free the other half.

A defiant deed has greater value than unnumerable thousands of words ...

What is the use of fighting for a vote if we have not got a country to vote in?

Once they are aroused, once they are determined, nothing on earth and nothing in heaven will make women give way; it is impossible.

I do not remember a time when I could not read, nor any time when reading was not a joy and a solace.

The way to reform has always led through prison.