# Quote — Emmeline Pankhurst, My Own Story

> Freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

- Author: [Emmeline Pankhurst](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emmeline-pankhurst.md)
- Book: [My Own Story](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emmeline-pankhurst/my-own-story.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/emmeline-pankhurst/my-own-story/freedom-cannot-be-bestowed
- JSON version (same data): https://www.leafyquotes.com/emmeline-pankhurst/my-own-story/freedom-cannot-be-bestowed.json

## More from this book

> 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. (Ch 1)

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emmeline-pankhurst/my-own-story/those-men-and.md)

Topics: [freedom](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/freedom.md), [family](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/family.md)