Emmeline Pankhurst

"A man's body is his own. If he is diseased, it is his own affair. But a woman is not her own."

"The truth is, if we could all go into the witness box and testify to our own experiences of voting, we should establish the fact that women are capable of citizenship."

"There is a destiny that makes us brothers and sisters; none goes his way alone."

"I have learned that patience must always be borne by those who expect eventual victory."

"We are citizens, and we will be treated as citizens."

"Great is justice; greater still is mercy."

"The moment may come in any woman's life when she will rebel against her oppression."

"They made the decision for war; but the women made the decision for peace and the resolution of all human differences by universal suffrage."

"I want for all women what I want for myself—freedom."

"I had rather one day as a free woman than a lifetime of servitude."

"We are here not because we love agitation, but because we love justice."

"The day I was made a prisoner I ceased to be a slave."

"I am what you call a fanatic. When you have a cause that you believe in deeply, it's no sacrifice to work hard for it."

"Give me liberty or give me death."

"The time for compromise has passed."

"Women are people. This may seem a simple statement, but it is not."

"I have been made aware that my sex is the chief obstacle to my progress."

"Trust in the inevitability of progress but work as if everything depends on your effort."

"We women have been called upon to help rebuild a nation from its ashes."

"Nothing is so dangerous to the survival of society as the oppression of those who have no voice."

"I want women to have power over their own lives and over the direction of society."

"The prejudice against women is not confined to any one class of society."

"I learned as I grew older that I would have to pay the price for my convictions."

"I became what the law made me."

"If a man burns down my house, I have a right to set fire to his."

"Women want to live their own lives and not be subjected to laws that diminish their humanity."

"I have not been afraid of being considered unfeminine."

"The true foundation of society is the education of its children."

"My work is not finished. The work of securing human equality is never finished."

"We are not here to win a popularity contest; we are here to win our rights."