“Kaisers and Czars will strut the stage Once more with pomp and greed and rage; Courtly ministers will stop At home and fight to the last drop; By the million men will die In some new horrible agony.” MenHomeLastsDiesFightingMillionsStageGreedRageHorribleMinistersAgonyCzars Book:Complete Poems Source: Complete Poems
“Today a Scot is leading a British army in France [Field Marshall Douglas Haig], another is commanding the British Grand Fleet at sea [Admiral David Beatty], while a third directs the Imperial General Staff at home [Sir William Roberton]. The Lord Chancellor is a Scot [Viscount Finlay]; so are the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Foreign Secretary [Bonar Law and Arthur Balfour]. The Prime Minister is a Welshman [David Lloyd George], and the First Lord of the Admiralty is an Irishman [Lord Carson]. Yet no one has ever brought in a bill to give home rule to England!” GivingFirstsHomeTodayLawLordSeaFieldsThirdsArmyEnglandBillsBritishFranceMinistersPrimeStaffSecretaryPrime MinisterArthurBritish HistoryScotsIrishmenAdmiralBeattyBritish ArmyHaigHome Rule Author:John Hay Beith
“And when your minister asks you for money for missionary purposes, tell him there are higher, and holier, and nobler missions to be performed at home. When he asks for colleges to educate ministers, tell him you must educate woman, that she may do away with the necessity of ministers, so that they may be able to go to some useful employment.” MayHomeAblePurposeAsksAtheismCollegeHigherMissionsPositive AtheismEmploymentMinistersEducateMissionary Author:Ernestine Rose
“Once in a Cabinet we had to deal with the fact that there had been an outbreak of assaults on women at night. One minister suggested a curfew; women should stay home after dark. I said, 'But it's the men who are attacking the women. If there's to be a curfew, let the men stay home, not the women.” IfsMenShouldSaidFactsHomeNightDarkDealsViolenceHe ManMinistersAssaultAttackingCabinetsOutbreaksCurfew Author:Golda Meir