Suffrage Quotes

Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman suffrage will succeed, despite this miserable guerilla opposition.

... a large portion of those who demand woman suffrage are persons who have not been trained to reason, and are chiefly guided by their generous sensibilities.

Our 'pathway' is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.

White supremacy will be strengthened, not weakened, by women's suffrage.

The first organised opposition by women to women's suffrage in England dates from 1889, when a number of ladies led by Mrs Ward appealed against the proposed extension of the Parliamentary suffrage to women.

Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation.

What is true of Mr. Mill's influence on the women's-suffrage question is true also of the other political movements in which he took an active interest.

I worked for suffrage for years, and got it. I've worked for peace for 55 years and haven't come close.

Universal suffrage is counter-revolution.

I used to oppose women's suffrage and I've come to support it because these women have convinced me that we need full gender equality for full democratic participation.

I expect to do more work for woman suffrage in the next decade than ever before.

We can neither change nor overpower God's eternal suffrage against selfishness and meanness.

To-day women constitute the only class of sane people excluded from the franchise.

I was no suffragette, but I was pretty sure the he-can’t-control-himself defense was a big, stinky load of horseshit.

And Jet, I thought the Major was a lady suffragette.

The confidence with which a Sovereign is invested, is solid only when it is sanctioned by the suffrages of the people, who clothed him with the supreme magistracy.

I need [Beijing's] trust in order to develop universal suffrage. The more suspicions being expressed, the more difficulty we'll have in moving towards the final destination.