The growing influence of women is the one reassuring thing in our political life.

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it simply a tragedy.

Mrs. Arbuthnot: [quoting Lord Illingworth from the first act] Children love their parents. Eventually they come to judge them. Rarely do they forgive them.

Lord Illingworth: I am always astonishing myself. It is the only thing that makes life worth living.

The true woman will not be exponent of another, or allow another to be such for her. She will be her own individual self... Stand or fall by her own individual…

I don't think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime.

For the presidency, I don't think it really matters if it's a man or a woman, it has to be the right person for the job