East England Franchise

Famous quotes containing the words east, england and/or franchise:

    “Once did She hold the gorgeous East in fee;
    And was the safeguard of the West:”
    —William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

    “Here in England the welfare of the State depends on the conduct of our aristocracy.”
    —Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

    “...feminism differs from reform of any kind, even franchise reform. Feminists, I should say, are not reformers at all, but rather intellectual biologists and psychologists.”
    —Rheta Childe Dorr (1866–1948)