Emmeline Pankhurst Quotes

A collection of quotes by Emmeline Pankhurst.

Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) was a British political activist and leader of the suffragette movement that campaigned for women's right to vote. Born in Manchester, she founded the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1903, employing direct action methods to draw attention to the cause. Pankhurst advocated for militant tactics and endured numerous imprisonments and hunger strikes in her fight for suffrage. She played a significant role in granting women the right to vote in Britain, with limited suffrage achieved in 1918 and full suffrage in 1928, two weeks after her death.

Trust in God - she will provide.

Trust in God - she will provide.

Emmeline Pankhurst


The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable

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

Emmeline Pankhurst

Politics

We are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in

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

Emmeline Pankhurst

Protest

You have to make more noise than anybody else, you have to m

You have to make more noise than anybody else, you have to make yourself more obtrusive than anybody else, you have to fill all the papers more than anybody else, in fact you have to be there all the time and see that they do not snow you under, if you are really going to get your reform realized.

Emmeline Pankhurst

Reform Correction

There is something that Governments care for far more than h

There is something that Governments care for far more than human life, and that is the security of property, and so it is through property that we shall strike the enemy. Be militant each in your own way. I incite this meeting to rebellion.

Emmeline Pankhurst

Revolution