I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.

[After her election to the British Parliament and being welcomed to 'the most exclusive men's club in Europe':] It won't be exclusive long. When I came in, I left the door wide open!

My vigour, vitality, and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from.

What would we say if men changed the length of their trousers every year?

There is no such thing as a strictly woman's problem. Any question affecting the welfare of society is a woman's problem.

Basic beauty lies in the way a woman walks; it is health and an attitude to life.

I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.