I was brought up by a Victorian Grandmother. We were taught to work jolly hard. We were taught to prove yourself; we were taught self reliance; we were taught to live within our income. You were taught that cleanliness is next to Godliness. You were taught self respect. You were taught always to give a hand to your neighbour. You were taught tremendous pride in your country. All of these things are Victorian values. They are also perennial values. You don't hear so much about these things these days, but they were good values and they led to tremendous improvements in the standard of living.

The acid test of politics is not what you say at the hustings, but what you actually do in government.

Life's greatest reward is life itself

The woman's mission is not to enhance the masculine spirit, but to express the feminine; hers is not to preserve a man-made world, but to create a human world by the infusion of the feminine element into all of its activities.

One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.

We need to create a mood where it is everywhere thought morally right for as many people as possible to acquire capital.

Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.