“I think if we get freedom for women, then they are probably going to do a lot of things that I wish they wouldn't do. But it seems to me that isn't our business to say what they should do with it. It is our business to see that they get it.”
Alice Paul“I think that American women are further along than any other women in the world. But you can't have peace in a world in which some women or some men or some nations are at different stages of development. There is so much work to be done.”
Alice Paul“To me, it was shocking that a government of men could look with such extreme contempt on a movement that was asking nothing except such a simple little thing as the right to vote.”
Alice Paul“Mr. President how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve.”
Alice Paul“We women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million women are denied the right to vote.”
Alice Paul“The Woman's Party is made up of women of all races, creeds and nationalities who are united on the one program of working to raise the status of women.”
Alice Paul“I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.”
Alice Paul“I think if we get freedom for women, then they are probably going to do a lot of things that I wish they wouldn't do. But it seems to me that isn't our business to say what they should do with it. It is our business to see that they get it.”
Alice Paul“I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone and then you get a great mosaic at the end.”
Alice Paul