We have to fight twice as hard, three times as hard - not only as conservatives, but frankly, as women - to have our voices heard.
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Politics is a potent way to empower women.
As a woman standing up here, we have to fight for the rights of women.
It's time for women to make their voices heard. Their silence on the subject of war and peace is deafening.
We have to struggle against the conservatives from all sides, not only the right-wingers, but also the left-wing conservatives who don't want to change anything.
We need to stop refighting 40-year old battles on women's rights.
I have spent my whole life trying to prove that women can get into politics. I'd now say to them, 'For God's sake don't do it - you'll get slaughtered.'
Women are tough campaigners. They certainly know how to withstand attacks. And I think we make a mistake if we say, as some do, that women should play by different rules, or that they are somehow especially vulnerable to the rules of politics. I don't think that's true.
The battle for women's rights has been largely won.
It's the progressive left in this country that has viciously and systematically slimed female conservatives for their beliefs. We have the well-worn battle scars to prove it.
If we want the most effective fighting force, we need to pick the most qualified capable man for the job, even if it's a woman.