Betty Boothroyd Quotes

• You've got to ensure that the holders of an opinion, however unpopular, are allowed to put across their points of view.

  Betty Boothroyd

  Views, Opinion, Point Of View

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• My desire to get here [Parliament] was like miners'coal dust, it was under my fingers and I couldn't scrub it out.

  Betty Boothroyd

  Dust, Desire, Coal

  Quoted in Glenys Kinnock and Fiona Millar (eds) By Faith and Daring (1993).

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• Good temper and moderation are the characteristics of parliamentary language.

  Betty Boothroyd

  Language, Moderation, Characteristics

  1995 In The Independent, 9 Feb.

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