“One does not expect to be comfortable in prison. As a matter of fact, ...” — Emmeline Pankhurst Quote

“One does not expect to be comfortable in prison. As a matter of fact, one's mental suffering is so much greater than any common physical distress that the latter is almost forgotten.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Every principle of liberty enunciated in any civilized 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.”

“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.”

“If prices drop, we have to protect farmers from distress; if prices rise, we should be ready to pay market rates.”

“I think everybody has had emotional distress, but yes, I think I'm pretty stable.”

“I think places that need the rubber duck the most are the ones in distress.”

“To live in the midst of suffering, which we do, we do, amid distress, and to keep some equilibrium in the midst of that - that would be happiness enough.”

“My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.”

“I don't do damsel in distress very well. It's hard for me to play a victim.”