Her head was thrown back, her body swayed, rocked from side to side with the violent rhythm of her speech.
"If you ask me why they have chosen me I will tell you. It's because I know what I want and because I know how to get what I want.
"I know what I want. Oh, yes, you think that's nothing; you all think you know what you want. But do you? Do you?"
"Of course we do!"
"We want the vote!"
"Nothing but the vote!"
"Nothing but? Are you quite sure of that? Can you even say you want it till you know whether there are things you want more?"
"What are you driving at?"
"You'll soon see what I'm driving at. I drive straight. And I ride straight. And I don't funk my fences.
"Well--say you all want the vote. Do you know how much you want it? Do you know how much you want to pay for it? Do you know what you're prepared to give up for it? Because, if you don't know that, you don't know how much you want it."