Harriet Harman famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Not all civil servants admire strong political leadership. But if you want to change things for the better you need strong political leadership.
-- Harriet Harman

#Change #Strong #Political
For many young people, social mobility now means a bus down to the job centre.
-- Harriet Harman

#Jobs #Mean #People
I'm afraid you gave up the right to pontificate on social mobility when you abolished educational maintenance allowance [EMA], trebled tuition fees and betrayed a generation of young people.
-- Harriet Harman

#Educational #People #Betrayed
Now, many of us in the Labour Party are conservationists - and we all love the red squirrel. But there is one ginger rodent which we never want to see again - Danny Alexander.
-- Harriet Harman

#Party #Squirrels #Rodents
The Chancellor has delivered his first budget but it's the same old Tories ; hitting hardest at those who can least afford it and breaking their promises. This is true to form for the Tories, but it includes things that the Liberal Democrats have always fought against. Surely they cannot vote for this.
-- Harriet Harman

#Promise #Hitting #Firsts
This is a very crucial period and we have got five fantastic candidates. All of them would make excellent leaders of the Party.
-- Harriet Harman

#Party #Leader #Excellent
While the happy couple are enjoying the thrill of the rose garden, the in-laws are saying that they are just not right for each other. We keep telling them that they cannot pay couples to stay together, and it is clear that it will take more than a three-quid-a-week tax break to keep this marriage together.
-- Harriet Harman

#Couple #Garden #Law
I don't agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it's a thoroughly bad thing to have men-only leadership.
-- Harriet Harman

#Running #Men #Thinking
I am a very big admirer of Hillary 's and I am an admirer of Obama as well.
-- Harriet Harman

#Admirer #Bigs #Wells
The Labour Party is the sister Party for the Democrats and their progressive views are the ones that we are most aligned with.
-- Harriet Harman

#Party #Views #Progressive
I am in the Labour Party because I am a feminist. I am in the Labour Party because I believe in equality.
-- Harriet Harman

#Party #Believe #Feminist
There are many women with children under five who want to work and who lack affordable, high-quality child care.
-- Harriet Harman

#Children #Quality #Care
In a country where women regard themselves as equal, they are not prepared to see men running the show themselves.
-- Harriet Harman

#Running #Country #Men
I think a balanced team of men and women makes better decisions. That's one of the reasons why I was prepared to run for deputy leader.
-- Harriet Harman

#Running #Team #Men
I'm sure nobody wants to know this, but my husband does all the cleaning - rather too much cleaning. It is too clean, the house!
-- Harriet Harman

#Husband #House #Doe

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