Quotes by Women Politicians

My mother is a great hunter — she usually shoots our Thanksgiving turkey.

Kirsten Gillibrand

Whether you are talking about education, career, or service, you are talking about life. And life must really have joy. It's supposed to be fun.

I can conceive of nothing worse than a man-governed world -- except a woman-governed world.

The fall of Saddam Hussein led to chaos in Iraq, which has become the home of jihadism.

Extinction Rebellion are carrying a message we all need to hear. They won't be silenced by a police crackdown, nor should they be in a free democratic society.

I don't involve myself in politics, my daily life is devoted to charity and social work. Apart from that I help my loved ones to live better, that's true. I never wanted to harm anyone. I deplore the fact that people have forgotten that for 23 years their lives improved greatly … and Tunisia became a modern country. I hope that my compatriots will render me justice by remembering the journey we undertook together. I hope that in the twilight of my life I will retain my honour.

Being in charge of your work life doesn't mean you always move with assurance and sublime self-confidence; it means you keep moving, continuing on your own path, even when you feel shaky and uncertain.

Charlotte Beers

I'll stand with President Bush on national security, the war on terrorism and to disarm Saddam Hussein.

I am expecting to come second, at least... I am not putting in all these hours and putting up with media trying to come second, I am not... I am trying to win this damn thing.

Miracles happen. They have happened to me and they are happening to you. You need only look to the people in your lives in order to see them.

T oday, I honor the memory of those brave settlers of Oregon, and pay tribute, as well, to the native Americans already inhabiting this land before pioneers like my great-great-grandparents arrived here in the mid-1800's. Such dreams those pioneers had for this territory. Some instinct drew them here, a fate a pulling, a desire for deep and lasting change in their lives. They embraced that change. They sought it out. Theirs was a quest for new horizons, for new beginnings. For a new homeland. They rode. They walked. They staved. They forge. And they died. But they kept their eyes westward. They gave us Oregon.

Barbara Roberts

The President-elect has outlined a clear vision to transform our country's infrastructure, accelerate economic growth and productivity, and create good paying jobs across the country. I am honored to be nominated by the President-elect to serve my beloved country as Transportation Secretary.

Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner.

Catherine Helen Spence

After us the deluge.

Madame de Pompadour

Boys' connections—to other people and to their selves—can enable them to think and act of their own volition and to resist overly restrictive norms and expectation when they are faced with pressures to conform.

I do not believe that in Egypt we can prohibit it [polygamy] by law.... Polygamy cannot be prevented by force, but through education.

Suzanne Mubarak

I am sure you will find, as I have, that a great many people are willing to fight over children, but precious few are willing to fight for them. Your job, shorn of the paper and the bureaucracy, is to fight forcefully and joyfully for those kids.

Shirley Hufstedler

The 'Digital India' initiative is one of the key measures to make government transparent, responsive and citizen friendly. The objective is to create a digitally empowered society and infuse technology into government, healthcare and education. From creating infrastructure to services, from manufacture of products to human resource development, from enabling citizens to promoting digital literacy, 'Digital India' aims to impact all aspects of life in India.

Alas, for our towns and cities. Monstrous carbuncles of concrete have erupted in gentle Georgian Squares.

Raine, Countess Spencer

I like to laugh. I like to have a great time. But I also have the right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be and that something is wrong with me because I get angry.

I am not interested in a third party. I do not believe it has any future.

Shirley Williams

We live in a normal apartment, just like every other citizen. We have ensured an apartment for every citizen through corresponding laws.

Elena Ceaușescu

Hey, I can cook." "How do you know? You haven't eaten anything since before the Norman Conquest." "I've never had any complaints." "Given the infants you date, I'm not surprised. You could serve them sawdust and they'd eat it with a smile, dazzled by the swing of your broadsword." "What do you know about the swing of my broadsword?" "More than I care to. Women talk." Which shut him up, as he started wondering who'd said what.

In India, I don't think any woman here is dictated what to wear, how to wear, whom to meet, when to meet.... I am of the opinion, I don't think anybody is dictated here, you are not told.

I'm not pining for nostalgia back in the '50s and '60s, that isn't it. But that sensibility about how we were grounded here is so important. For instance, another American that was born in Waterloo was John Wayne. We were a very patriotic "yay rah rah America" city and nation and I think that's what America's looking for again.

Michele Bachmann