I want to say to you who think women cannot succeed, we have brought the government of England to this position, that it has to face this alternative: either women are to be killed or women are to have the vote.
Emmeline PankhurstRead
Justice and judgment lie often a world apart.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Justice and judgment are not always aligned and can be vastly different in practice.
This quote by Emmeline Pankhurst highlights the distinction between the ideals of justice and the reality of judgment as practiced within society. While justice represents fairness and moral righteousness, judgment often involves subjective opinions and circumstances that can lead to injustice. Pankhurst's words remind us that achieving true justice may require challenging established judgments that do not serve the greater good.
Themes
JusticeJudgmentInjusticeSocietyFairness
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a speech about social justice to emphasize the difference between legal judgments and true justice.
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You must make women count as much as men; you must have an equal standard of morals; and the only way to enforce that is through giving women political power so that you can get that equal moral standard registered in the laws of the country. It is the only way.
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You have to make more noise than anybody else, you have to make yourself more obtrusive than anybody else, you have to fill all the papers more than anybody else, in fact you have to be there all the time and see that they do not snow you under.
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