Quote#Nature
As long as women suffer as they do I will fight! As long as little…
Quote byWilliam Booth · 1829–1912
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: An unspecified platform appeal, as quoted in The Musical Salvationist (September 1927). Several variants of this exist, some of them credited to his speech at the Royal Albert Hall on May 9, 1912, as researched "While Women Weep - I'll Fight" by Gordon Taylor at the International Heritage Centre (19.
English (original)
As long as women suffer as they do I will fight! As long as little children hungering go, as they now do, I will fight. As long as men go to the prisons, in and out, in and out, as they now do, I will fight. All who are not on the ship are in the sea. Every Soldier must do his utmost to save them.
— William Booth
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