I thought I had been a suffragist before I became a Poor Law Guardian, but now I began to think about the vote in women's hands not only as a right but as a desperate necessity.

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.

I would rather be a rebel than a slave.

Women had always fought for men, and for their children. Now they were ready to fight for their own human rights. Our militant movement was established.

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

...the Government must not think that they can stop this agitation. It will go on...We are here not because we are law-breakers; we are here in out efforts to become law-makers.

...the way to reform has always led through prison.