Emmeline Pankhurst
Suffragette leader
Sayings by Emmeline Pankhurst
We mean to be free.
We have to fight, and we have to fight hard.
The women of England are not going to be put off by mere words.
We are not asking for a favor, we are asking for our rights.
The only way to get a thing done is to do it.
We are not going to be content with crumbs from the table.
We have to make ourselves heard, no matter what the cost.
The world has never been saved by a man who was afraid to break the law.
We are here to make history.
We are not subjects, we are citizens.
I have been in jail so many times, I have lost count.
We are fighting for the right to be free.
The government has to learn that women are not to be trifled with.
I would rather be a rebel than a slave, even if it means dying for my cause.