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Shirley Williams

Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, CH, PC (née Catlin; born 27 July 1930) is a British politician and academic who represents the Liberal Democrats. Originally a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) and Cabinet Minister, she was one of the "Gang of Four" rebels who founded the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1981.

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The British civil service. . . is a beautifully designed and effective braking mechanism.

Funny, Humor, British, Designed, Effective

It would be excellent if he is prepared to listen to other points of view.

Excellent, Listen, Prepared, View, Views, Would Be

No test tube can breed love and affection. No frozen packet of semen ever read a story to a sleepy child.

Children, Parenting, Stories, Packet, Affection, Story

The Catholic Church has never really come to terms with women. What I object to is being treated either as Madonnas or Mary Magdalenes.

Women, Catholic, Church, Mary, Magdalenes

There are hazards in everything one does, but there are greater hazards in doing nothing.

Doe, Doing Nothing, Greater, Hazards, Nothing

The saddest illusion of the revolutionary is that revolution itself will transform the nature of human beings.

Humans, Illusion, Nature, Revolution, Saddest, Transform

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

Believe, Future, Interested, Not Interested, Party

We have run out of creativity for children and teachers alike in the name of pushing up standards.

Running, Teacher, Children, Name, Standards, Teachers

society, while willing to make room for women, is not willing to make changes for them.

Make, Making Changes, Rooms, Willing, Women

We really shouldnt be running education like a supermarket where you compare prices.

Education, Running, Compare, Shouldnt, Supermarket, Like

If the Labour party goes back to reasserting its socialist and democratic beliefs, that's where I belong.

Belief, Beliefs, Belong, Democratic, Labour, Party

The danger of any new party at a time of disillusion with the old parties, is that it becomes all things to all men.

Danger, Disillusion, Men, Old, Parties, Party

We have to say now we think the character of the party has changed so far it will take something very exceptional, something really out of the ordinary line to make us be convinced there's a chance of winning back the party.

Back, Character, Convinced, Party, Take, Winning