I Would Rather Be A Rebel Than

Justice And Judgment Lie Often A World Apart.

Governments Have Always Tried To Crush Reform Movements, To Destroy Ideas, To Kill The Thing That Cannot Die. Without Regard To History, Which Shows That No Government Have Ever Succeeded In Doing This, They Go On Trying In The Old, Senseless Way.

The Militancy Of Men, Through All The Centuries, Has Drenched The World With Blood. The Militancy Of Women Has Harmed No Human Life Save The Lives Of Those Who Fought The Battle Of Righteousness.

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.

The Whole Argument With The Anti-suffragists, Or Even The Critical Suffragist Man, Is This: That You Can Govern Human Beings Without Their Consent.