“It's unfortunate that we see a great many women settling. They think that simply because they have gotten the right to vote, own property and have gained some simple freedoms that the battle for women's suffrage is over.” ThinkingWomenSimpleBattleEnlightenmentVotePropertySettlingGreat MenUnfortunateSuffrageRight To VoteWomen's Suffrage Author:Frederick Lenz
“After a six-year battle, the Senate will vote next week to begin construction on the Keystone XL pipeline, which is an oil pipeline that runs from Canada to the Gulf Coast. They're hoping the pipeline will provide enough oil to cover Kim Kardashian's next photo shoot.” YearsEnoughRunningNextWeekBattleSixVoteOilCanadaConstructionSenateCoastNext WeekKimPipelinePhoto ShootsKeystones Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Feminism has fought no wars ... killed no opponents ... set up no concentration camps ... starved no enemies ... practiced no cruelty. Its battles have been for education, for the vote, for better working conditions, for safety in the streets ... for reforms in the law.” Has BeensWarLawFightingWomenEducationEnemyFeminismStreetsConditionsBattleVoteSafetyKillingFeministCrueltyReformOpponentsVotingConcentrationCampsWomen EmpowermentNo WarConcentration CampPublic SafetyAccess To EducationWorking Conditions Author:Dale Spender
“VOTE!!! Remember what the suffragists said when they finally won their long hard battle to get us the right to vote, knowing that they probably would never get to exercise the right or see the results; they said, 'this is not for ourselves alone.' It was for us and every generation of women to come. If we don't vote, we are ignoring history and giving away the future.” IfsGivingLongSaidHardRememberResultsKnowingGenerationsExerciseBattleVoteThey SaidRight To VoteSuffragists Author:Pat Mitchell
“I want people to be inspired! To remember how hard-fought the battle for the vote was, the debt we owe to women who paved the way for this more egalitarian society we live in, how critical it is to use our vote and to be counted.” PeopleWayWantHardUseRememberBattleVoteInspiredCriticalDebtBe Inspired Author:Sarah Gavron
“The woman, in a battle of fists or guns, may not be as great a power as a man; but a woman behind a vote is every bit as useful as a man.” MenMayBitsWomenBehindsPoliticianBattleGunMen And WomenVoteVotingFistsLegislatorsSmart Women Author:Irene Parlby
“The monarchy is so extraordinarily useful. When Britain wins a battle she shouts, God save the Queen; when she loses, she votes down the prime minister.” WinningLosesBattleVoteMinistersQueensBritainPrimePrime MinisterMonarchy Author:Winston Churchill
“When historians get to write the truth about this completely unnecessary referendum [Brexit] they won't say it was a vote demanded by the British people to decide their national destiny. They will say it was the final battle in a decades-long Tory Civil War, at the heart of which was a fight to the death between two Old Etonians, David Cameron and Boris Johnson, for the hollow crown. A sort of Eton Wall Game. Where the poorest are put up against the wall and shot.” PeopleWritingHeartLongTwoWarFightingGamesDestinyWallBattleShotsVoteFinalsBritishDecadesCivil WarHistorianCrownsUnnecessaryHollowJohnsonPoorestCameronReferendumsEton Author:Brian Reade
“Politicians must pick sides regularly; every time they vote. So it's perhaps natural that they see the world as a battle between competing groups.” WorldSidesNaturalGroupsPoliticianBattlePicksVoteCompeting Author:Jon Kyl
“Look at me, the Front National got many more votes than the Alternative for Germany. Marine Le Pen ended up with 34 percent of the vote, 34 percent! I defended Europe, an open society and all my values. The Front National has been significantly weakened. In the debates, you don't hear anything from them anymore - because we engaged them in battle. Now is the time to be bold! The only answer to the Alternative for Germany is courage and ambition.” ValuesBattleAmbitionVoteDebatePensLook At MeMarine Author:Emmanuel Macron