Harriet Harman Quotes

• 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

  The Times, August 02, 2009.

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• 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

  Evening Standard, p. 16, October 31, 2011.

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• 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

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• 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

  The Times, November 10, 2007.

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• For many young people mobility has turned into a bus down to the job centre.

  Harriet Harman

  Jobs, Mean, People

  "Labour attacks Nick Clegg over social mobility plan". www.bbc.com. April 5, 2011.

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• I am a very big admirer of Hillary 's and I am an admirer of Obama as well.

  Harriet Harman

  Admirer, Bigs, Wells

  BBC's "Question Time", September 18, 2008.

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• 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, Generations

  "Clegg Announces Child Poverty and Social Mobility Commission" by Allegra Stratton and Hélène Mulholland, www.theguardian.com. April 05, 2011.

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• 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

  "Brown Accused of 'Ruthlessness'". news.bbc.co.uk. March 20, 2007.

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• 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

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• 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

  "Swoop, apply lipstick, swoop again" by Tanya Gold, www.theguardian.com. August 7, 2009.

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• 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

  "Harriet Harman Says 'Ginger Rodent' Comment Was Wrong". www.bbc.com. October 30, 2010.

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• Jeremy [Corbyn] earned the right to take up the leadership of the party with a big majority. But he has failed and he has no right or mandate to stay in office despite his failure and take the party down with him.

  Harriet Harman

  Party, Office, Majority

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• Leading the party is a privilege not a right.

  Harriet Harman

  Party, Privilege

  "Jeremy Corbyn ignores calls to stand down - how the day unfolded". www.telegraph.co.uk. June 29, 2016.

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• The Chancellor of the Exchequer has delivered his Budget. It is his first Budget, but we have seen it all before. This is a Tory Budget that will throw people out of work, will hold back economic growth, and will harm vital public services. Yes, it is the Chancellor's first Budget, but it is 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

  House of Commons Debates, publications.parliament.uk. June 22, 2010.

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• 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

  "Abbott Will Give Male Rivals a Good Run, Says Harman". www.bbc.co.uk. June 13, 2010.

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• 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

  BBC's "Question Time", September 18, 2008.

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• 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

  House of Commons Debates, publications.parliament.uk. May 25, 2010.

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