Barbara Castle
1910 - 2002
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Quotes
Biography
Barbara Castle was a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament for over 30 years. She is best known for her role as the Secretary of State for Employment and the UK's first female Secretary of State in the Department of Transport. Castle played a crucial part in implementing the Equal Pay Act of 1970, a landmark legislation promoting gender equality in the workplace. Her political career was marked by advocacy for social rights, healthcare reforms, and women's empowerment.
Famous Quotes (5)
1
In politics, you learn one thing: you never know if you're successful. But if you've tried to do your best and served the people, you can always feel proud of that.
2
I refuse to juggle figures. I wasn't brought up to do that; I was brought up to be truthful.
3
Power, even in the political field, is an instrument to achieve things, not a position to hold onto for its own sake. That's the philosophy I have always adopted.
4
I've always led by persuasion and by seeking to persuade others. If you can't get your own way by persuasion, you are into compulsion.
5
If you're going to change things, you have to reposition yourself in the biggest, most wide scale way, as part of the revolutionary process.