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21 quotes by Louise Mensch

Louise Mensch (born 28 June 1971), née Louise Daphne Bagshawe, is an English author who writes under her maiden name. She was the Conservative Member of the UK Parliament (MP) for Corby from 2010 to 2012. She is also a co-founder of the Hudson Union Society.
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We'd all survive if Twitter shut down for a short while during major riots. Social media isn't any more important than a train station, a... →

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I like motivational books, because I like the go-getting American spirit - your destiny is in your own hands, life is what you make it, don't... →

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What I enjoy doing is challenging stereotypes of what people believe a Tory must be. You don't have to say every Tory is in it for themselves -... →

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Are you trivialising the sisterhood if you dye your hair or have your eyebrows threaded? I'd say the answer to that is no. But equally, it's... →

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Your moral stance depends on what you think is being aborted. If you don't believe it to be a person but part of a woman's body, of course... →

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I have no ambitions to be a cabinet minister, or prime minister. I wouldn't wish being prime minister on my worst enemy.

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I like my men to be manly, as you'll see from my books.

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Money gives you the power to do whatever you want to do. I like the idea of being in complete control of my life.

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I want to retire very early, by the time I am 40, and go to live in Italy.

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I'm not embarrassed about the novels I wrote when I was younger, but I couldn't write them today because of my religion.

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I'm not sure I make old bones in parliament. It's an amazing experience to have had but I can't see myself being Mother of the House.

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'Kane and Abel' is the best popular fiction of all time. As a kid, I wanted to be prime minister when I read 'First Among Equals.'

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Of course women can have it all - if they want it all. I won't hear any defeatist talk. If you just dwell on problems, you won't get anywhere... →

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