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.
Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of BlackburnI remember people who'd had a lot of hardship during the war. They'd thought we'd won.
Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of BlackburnLarge motorway flyovers are the cathedrals of the modern world.
Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of BlackburnIt was very much a cry for democratic control at that time. Above all, breaking the accomplished power of a few people to rule the lives of everybody else.
Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn