Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British politician Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn,, was a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1979, making her one of the longest-serving female MPs in British history. Regarded as one of the most significant Labour Party politicians, Castle developed a close political partnership with Prime Minister Harold Wilson and held several roles in the Cabinet. She remains to date the only woman to have held the office of First Secretary of State.
Large motorway flyovers are the cathedrals of the modern world.
I have never consciously exploited the fact that I am a woman. I wouldn't dare try that even if I knew how to. I have too much respect for my male colleagues to think they would be particualrly impressed.
Why get rid of Chamberlain to put in Halifax? It's like getting rid of the organ-grinder to put in the monkey.
I will fight for what I believe in until I drop dead. And that's what keeps you alive.
Think, think, think. It will hurt like hell at first, but you'll get used to it.