Emmeline Pankhurst

Suffragette leader

Modern influential 94 sayings

Sayings by Emmeline Pankhurst

We mean to be free.

Early 20th C. — Speech, general sentiment
Humorous Unverifiable

We have to fight, and we have to fight hard.

Early 20th C. — Speech, general sentiment
Humorous Unverifiable

The women of England are not going to be put off by mere words.

Early 20th C. — Speech, general sentiment
Humorous Unverifiable

We are not asking for a favor, we are asking for our rights.

Early 20th C. — Speech, general sentiment
Humorous Unverifiable

The only way to get a thing done is to do it.

Unknown — Attributed, general sentiment
Humorous Unverifiable

We are not going to be content with crumbs from the table.

Early 20th C. — Speech, general sentiment
Humorous Unverifiable

We have to make ourselves heard, no matter what the cost.

Early 20th C. — Speech, general sentiment
Humorous Unverifiable

The world has never been saved by a man who was afraid to break the law.

Unknown — Attributed, general sentiment
Humorous Unverifiable

We are here to make history.

Early 20th C. — Speech, general sentiment
Humorous Unverifiable

We are not subjects, we are citizens.

Early 20th C. — Speech, general sentiment
Humorous Unverifiable

I have been in jail so many times, I have lost count.

1913 — Speech in New York
Humorous Unverifiable

We are fighting for the right to be free.

Early 20th C. — Speech, general sentiment
Humorous Unverifiable

The government has to learn that women are not to be trifled with.

Early 20th C. — Speech, general sentiment
Humorous Unverifiable

I would rather be a rebel than a slave, even if it means dying for my cause.

Unknown — Attributed, general sentiment
Humorous Unverifiable