You see, another reason for nationalization was that private ownership meant fragmentation.

- Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle Of Blackburn

I have never consciously exploited the fact that I am a woman. I wouldn't dare try that even if I knew how to. I have too much respect for my male co…

- Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle Of Blackburn

And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale.

- Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle Of Blackburn

Large motorway flyovers are the cathedrals of the modern world.

- Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle Of Blackburn

He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of co…

- Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle Of Blackburn

Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion.

- Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle Of Blackburn

And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will grow.

- Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle Of Blackburn

Think, think, think. It will hurt like hell at first, but you'll get used to it.

- Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle Of Blackburn

Why get rid of Chamberlain to put in Halifax? It's like getting rid of the organ-grinder to put in the monkey.

- Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle Of Blackburn