“Often I have heard the taunt that suffragists are women who have faile...” — Emmeline Pankhurst Quote

“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.”

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

“The militancy of men, through all the centuries, has drenched the world with blood. The militancy of women has harmed no human life save the lives of those who fought the battle of righteousness.”

“Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.”

“I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend at home.”

“My bedroom was filled with reading material: books salvaged from dustbins, books borrowed from friends, books with missing pages, books found in the street, abandoned, unreadable, torn, scribbled on, unloved, unwanted and dismissed. My bedroom was the Battersea Dogs' Home of books.”