"[When asked how it felt to be a female prime minister:] I don't know: I've never experienced the alternative."

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We can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough. But the tremendous effort needed- one doesn't always want to make it-does one? ... But what else can be done? What's the alternative? What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties.

— Katherine Mansfield